CVE-2021-29264 Affecting linux-4.19 package, versions <4.19.194-1~deb9u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LINUX419-1312519
  • published27 Mar 2021
  • disclosed26 Mar 2021

Introduced: 26 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-29264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 linux-4.19 to version 4.19.194-1~deb9u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-4.19 package and not the linux-4.19 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.10. drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c in the Freescale Gianfar Ethernet driver allows attackers to cause a system crash because a negative fragment size is calculated in situations involving an rx queue overrun when jumbo packets are used and NAPI is enabled, aka CID-d8861bab48b6.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1