CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-38204
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-08-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.6 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and panic) by removing a MAX-3421 USB device in certain situations.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 5.13.6)
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.6 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b5fdf5c6e6bee35837e160c00ac89327bdad031b Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.6 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b5fdf5c6e6bee35837e160c00ac89327bdad031b Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory