Vulnerability · Published Feb 1, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-3348
High 7.0
In plain English
A high-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 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
nbd_add_socket in drivers/block/nbd.c in the Linux kernel through 5.10.12 has an ndb_queue_rq use-after-free that could be triggered by local attackers (with access to the nbd device) via an I/O request at a certain point during device setup, aka CID-b98e762e3d71.
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 | 5.10.13-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3348 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.10.13-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3348 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.10.13-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3348 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3348 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3348 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3348 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b98e762e3d71e893b221f871825dc64694cfb258 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/28/3 x_refsource_MISC
- [oss-security] 20210201 Re: Re: Linux kernel: linux-block: nbd: use-after-free Read in nbd_queue_rq mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210330 [SECURITY] [DLA 2610-1] linux-4.19 security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST