Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 2.6.39 through 5.10.16, as used in Xen. Block, net, and SCSI backends consider certain errors a plain bug, deliberately causing a kernel crash. For errors potentially being at least under the influence of guests (such as out of memory conditions), it isn't correct to assume a plain bug. Memory allocations potentially causing such crashes occur only when Linux is running in PV mode, though. This affects drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c and drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c.
Published: 2021-02-17
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2586-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2610-1 linux-4.19 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4904-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4909-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4946-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4949-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:33:41.548Z

Reserved: 2021-02-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-26931

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-02-17T02:15:12.987

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:57:04.330

Link: CVE-2021-26931

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