Vulnerability · Published Mar 30, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-29650
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the kernel-tools-libs-devel package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. The netfilter subsystem allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) because net/netfilter/x_tables.c and include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h lack a full memory barrier upon the assignment of a new table value, aka CID-175e476b8cdf.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools-libs-devel | 4.18.0-348.el8 | ALSA-2021:4356 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.10.28-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-29650 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.10.28-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-29650 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.10.28-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-29650 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-29650 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-29650 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-29650 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.11 x_refsource_MISC
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=175e476b8cdf2a4de7432583b49c871345e4f8a1 x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2021-41fb54ae9f vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2021-6b0f287b8b vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2021-2306e89112 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210623 [SECURITY] [DLA 2689-1] linux security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210623 [SECURITY] [DLA 2690-1] linux-4.19 security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST