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CVE-2021-28039

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.9.x through 5.11.3, as used with Xen. In some less-common configurations, an x86 PV guest OS user can crash a Dom0 or driver domain via a large amount of I/O activity. The issue relates to misuse of guest physical addresses when a configuration has CONFIG_XEN_UNPOPULATED_ALLOC but not CONFIG_XEN_BALLOON_MEMORY_HOTPLUG.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (4)

Linux — Linux KernelNetapp — Cloud BackupNetapp — Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller FirmwareXEN — XEN

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