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CVE-2021-28375

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.6. fastrpc_internal_invoke in drivers/misc/fastrpc.c does not prevent user applications from sending kernel RPC messages, aka CID-20c40794eb85. This is a related issue to CVE-2019-2308.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (4)

Fedoraproject — FedoraLinux — Linux KernelNetapp — Cloud BackupNetapp — Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware

CWEs

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