CVE-2021-38205
3.3 LOWdrivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3 makes it easier for attackers to defeat an ASLR protectio...
Published: 2021-08-08 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 3.3 LOW
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CWE
- CWE-824
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux, linux_kernel |
| linux | debian_linux, linux_kernel |
Description
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).
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38205
- [Patch]https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.3
- [Patch]https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0d62baa7f505bd4c59cd169692ff07ec49dde37
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html
- [Patch]https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.3
- [Patch]https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0d62baa7f505bd4c59cd169692ff07ec49dde37
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html
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