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CVE-2021-38205

Date: August 8, 2021

drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3 makes it easier for attackers to defeat an ASLR protection mechanism because it prints a kernel pointer (i.e., the real IOMEM pointer).

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38205
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-38205
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-38205
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38205
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.3
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0d62baa7f505bd4c59cd169692ff07ec49dde37
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-38205

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

CWE-824

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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