7.8highHigh

CVE-2021-28691

Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller

Guest triggered use-after-free in Linux xen-netback A malicious or buggy network PV frontend can force Linux netback to disable the interface and terminate the receive kernel thread associated with queue 0 in response to the frontend sending a malformed packet. Such kernel thread termination will lead to a use-after-free in Linux netback when the backend is destroyed, as the kernel thread associated with queue 0 will have already exited and thus the call to kthread_stop will be performed against a stale pointer.

What the metrics mean

  • It is requires local access to the machine.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
  • To exploit it, an ordinary user account is needed.
  • Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

Scoring

CVSS
7.8 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-416
Assigned by
security@xen.org

Dates

Published
2021-06-29
Last modified
2026-08-26
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controllerall versions
  • Linux Linux Kernel5.5.0 - 5.10.43
  • Netapp Cloud Backupall versions
  • Netapp H410c Firmwareall versions
  • Netapp H410call versions
  • Netapp H300s Firmwareall versions
  • Netapp H300sall versions
  • Netapp H500s Firmwareall versions
  • Netapp H500sall versions
  • Netapp H700s Firmwareall versions
  • Netapp H700sall versions
  • Netapp H300e Firmwareall versions

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

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