CVE-2021-38204

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

0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 26.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/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.

Published

2021-08-08 19:25Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 01:37Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-08-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

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

b1d6f9161f4e1c840c2590cb749d90430e1e6134fcbea505ab0b531db7b24bf2

• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b5fdf5c6e6bee35837e160c00ac89327bdad031bx_refsource_MISC
• cdn.kernel.orghttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.6x_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211216 [SECURITY] [DLA 2843-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST