VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-28038

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.71%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-03-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.3, as used with Xen PV. A certain part of the netback driver lacks necessary treatment of errors such as failed memory allocations (as a result of changes to the handling of grant mapping errors). A host OS denial of service may occur during misbehavior of a networking frontend driver. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-26931.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-770

Primary references