Vulnerability CVE-2021-29265
Published: 2021-03-26   Modified: 2021-03-27

Description:
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.7. usbip_sockfd_store in drivers/usb/usbip/stub_dev.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (GPF) because the stub-up sequence has race conditions during an update of the local and shared status, aka CID-9380afd6df70.

Type:

CWE-362

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.7/10
6.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.7
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=9380afd6df70e24eacbdbde33afc6a3950965d22
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