CVE-2021-20261
A race condition was found in the Linux kernels implementation of the floppy disk drive controller driver software. The impact of this issue is lessened by the fact that the default permissions on the
02 Description
A race condition was found in the Linux kernels implementation of the floppy disk drive controller driver software. The impact of this issue is lessened by the fact that the default permissions on the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 13.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-03-11 20:10Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 17:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-12-17
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 896cbc9e9575f90f7dd333cd50c2b2178ba9843f7cf2b9d286f9aeff574d88e3
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 4.4.0-208.240
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.4.0-1126.140
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
- linux-kvm Fixed in 4.4.0-1091.100
- linux-raspi2 Fixed in 4.4.0-1150.161
- linux-snapdragon Fixed in 4.4.0-1154.164
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux-aws-5.0 No fix yet
- linux-aws-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-azure-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-azure-edge No fix yet
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-gcp-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-edge No fix yet
- linux-gke-4.15 No fix yet
- linux-hwe No fix yet
- linux-oem No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.0 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-snapdragon Fixed in 4.15.0-1053.57
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde No fix yet
- linux-gke No fix yet
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-intel-iot-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- linux No fix yet
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.4.0-1090.94Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-lts-xenial Fixed in 4.4.0-208.240~14.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde-5.15 Fixed in 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS
- linux-fips Fixed in 4.4.0-1060.66Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS
- linux-fips No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.