CVE-2021-28691
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
02 Description
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
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
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 30.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-26.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2021-06-29 11:30Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 21:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-03-18
- Assigning CNA
- XEN
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- adef5c22d45aaf8512ad50f5967867a8ab374667c3d1c02a1baafdfdeca93e0e
05 Affected products
06 References
- xenbits.xenproject.orghttps://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-374.txt
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202107-30https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0002/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 5.10.46-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 5.10.46-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 5.10.46-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
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-hwe-edge No fix yet
- linux-oem No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.0 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.3 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux-aws-5.11 Fixed in 5.11.0-1016.17~20.04.1
- linux-aws-5.8 Fixed in 5.8.0-1042.44~20.04.1
- linux-azure-5.11 Fixed in 5.11.0-1013.14~20.04.1
- linux-azure-5.8 Fixed in 5.8.0-1040.43~20.04.1
- linux-gcp-5.11 Fixed in 5.11.0-1017.19~20.04.1
- linux-gcp-5.8 Fixed in 5.8.0-1039.41
- linux-hwe-5.11 Fixed in 5.11.0-34.36~20.04.1
- linux-hwe-5.8 No fix yet
- linux-oem-5.10 Fixed in 5.10.0-1038.40
- linux-oem-5.6 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.11 Fixed in 5.11.0-1016.17~20.04.1
- linux-oracle-5.8 Fixed in 5.8.0-1038.39~20.04.1
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
- linux-riscv-5.11 Fixed in 5.11.0-1017.18~20.04.1
- linux-riscv-5.8 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.