Medium severity · published Feb 17, 2021
CVE-2021-26932
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 3.2 through 5.10.16, as used by Xen
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 3.2 through 5.10.16, as used by Xen. Grant mapping operations often occur in batch hypercalls, where a number of operations are done in a single hypercall, the success or failure of each one is reported to the backend driver, and the backend driver then loops over the results, performing follow-up actions based on the success or failure of each operation. Unfortunately, when running in PV mode, the Linux backend drivers mishandle this: Some errors are ignored, effectively implying their success from the success of related batch elements. In other cases, errors resulting from one batch element lead to further batch elements not being inspected, and hence successful ones to not be possible to properly unmap upon error recovery. Only systems with Linux backends running in PV mode are vulnerable. Linux backends run in HVM / PVH modes are not vulnerable. This affects arch/*/xen/p2m.c and drivers/xen/gntdev.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.2 through 5.10.16 · source: NVD
CB
Cloud Backup · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
32; 33 · source: NVD
HC
Hci Compute Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HH
Hci H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SH
Solidfire & Hci Management Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SE
Solidfire, Enterprise Sds & Hci Storage Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26932
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-26932
Patch
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-361.html
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ebee0eab08594b2bd5db716288a4f1ae5936e9bc
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00035.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2XQR52ICKRK3GC4HDWLMWF2U55YGAR63/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GWQWPWYZRXVFJI5M3VCM72X27IB7CKOB/
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