CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-28691

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.36%

29th percentile - higher than 29% of all known CVEs

Summary

A malicious or buggy network PV frontend can force Linux netback to disable the interface and terminate the kernel thread associated with queue 0, leading to a use-after-free when the backend is destroyed.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could cause a system crash or potentially gain unauthorized access to kernel memory, leading to privilege escalation or denial of service.

Recommendation

Apply Linux kernel updates containing the fix for this vulnerability and restrict trust in PV frontends.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Guest triggered use-after-free in Linux xen-netback A malicious or buggy network PV frontend can force Linux netback to disable the interface and terminate the receive kernel thread associated with queue 0 in response to the frontend sending a malformed packet. Such kernel thread termination will lead to a use-after-free in Linux netback when the backend is destroyed, as the kernel thread associated with queue 0 will have already exited and thus the call to kthread_stop will be performed against a stale pointer.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS