CVE-2021-28971
Intel PMU Drain PEBS NHM Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
In intel_pmu_drain_pebs_nhm in arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8 on some Haswell CPUs, userspace applications (such as perf-fuzzer) can cause a system crash because the PEBS status in a PEBS record is mishandled, aka CID-d88d05a9e0b6.
INFO
Published Date :
March 22, 2021, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:32 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2021-28971
vulnerability.
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2021-28971 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PTRNPQTZ4GVS46SZ4OBXY5YDOGVPSTGQ/ [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4VCKIOXCOZGXBEZMO5LGGV5MWCHO6FT3/ [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T2S3I4SLRNRUQDOFYUS6IUAZMQNMPNLG/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PTRNPQTZ4GVS46SZ4OBXY5YDOGVPSTGQ/ Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4VCKIOXCOZGXBEZMO5LGGV5MWCHO6FT3/ Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/T2S3I4SLRNRUQDOFYUS6IUAZMQNMPNLG/ -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 12, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-400 CWE-755 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 04, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210430-0003/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210430-0003/ Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:solidfire_baseboard_management_controller_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:aff_a250_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:aff_a250:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:aff_500f_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:aff_500f:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 23, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 30, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210430-0003/ [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 30, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4VCKIOXCOZGXBEZMO5LGGV5MWCHO6FT3/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4VCKIOXCOZGXBEZMO5LGGV5MWCHO6FT3/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/T2S3I4SLRNRUQDOFYUS6IUAZMQNMPNLG/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/T2S3I4SLRNRUQDOFYUS6IUAZMQNMPNLG/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 29, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/T2S3I4SLRNRUQDOFYUS6IUAZMQNMPNLG/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 26, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4VCKIOXCOZGXBEZMO5LGGV5MWCHO6FT3/ [No Types Assigned] -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Mar. 26, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 26, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d88d05a9e0b6d9356e97129d4ff9942d765f46ea No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d88d05a9e0b6d9356e97129d4ff9942d765f46ea Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PTRNPQTZ4GVS46SZ4OBXY5YDOGVPSTGQ/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PTRNPQTZ4GVS46SZ4OBXY5YDOGVPSTGQ/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-400 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.11.8 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 26, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PTRNPQTZ4GVS46SZ4OBXY5YDOGVPSTGQ/ [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-28971 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-28971
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.12065
percentile