Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting linux-4.19 package, versions <4.19.208-1~deb9u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LINUX419-1730481
  • published9 Aug 2021
  • disclosed8 Aug 2021

Introduced: 8 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-38205  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-824  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 linux-4.19 to version 4.19.208-1~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.

drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3 makes it easier for attackers to defeat an ASLR protection mechanism because it prints a kernel pointer (i.e., the real IOMEM pointer).

CVSS Base Scores

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