CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-28039

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2021-03-05 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-03-05
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-131

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.9.x through 5.11.3, as used with Xen. In some less-common configurations, an x86 PV guest OS user can crash a Dom0 or driver domain via a large amount of I/O activity. The issue relates to misuse of guest physical addresses when a configuration has CONFIG_XEN_UNPOPULATED_ALLOC but not CONFIG_XEN_BALLOON_MEMORY_HOTPLUG.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 5.9.0 <= 5.11.3) • xen xen • netapp cloud backup • netapp solidfire baseboard management controller firmware

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-131 Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size weakness

References