CVE-2021-44879
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
In gc_data_segment in fs/f2fs/gc.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.3, special files are not considered, leading to a move_data_page NULL pointer dereference.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 1.23%• Percentile: 68%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
< 5.10.205-2 | < 5.16.7-1 | < 5.16.7-1 | < 5.16.7-1
- ubuntu•linux
all | < 5.4.0-173.191
- ubuntu•linux-aws
all | < 5.4.0-1120.130
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13
< 5.13.0-1022.24~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4
< 5.4.0-1120.130~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
all | < 5.4.0-1120.130+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all | all | < 5.4.0-1126.133
- ubuntu•linux-azure-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13
< 5.13.0-1022.26~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4
< 5.4.0-1126.133~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
all | < 5.4.0-1126.133+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all | < 5.4.0-1080.87
- ubuntu•linux-fips
all | < 5.4.0-1094.104
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all | all | < 5.4.0-1124.133
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13
< 5.13.0-1024.29~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.4
< 5.4.0-1124.133~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all | < 5.4.0-1124.133+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-gkeop
< 5.4.0-1087.91
- ubuntu•linux-gkeop-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.13
< 5.13.0-40.45~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.4
< 5.4.0-173.191~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-ibm
< 5.4.0-1067.72
- ubuntu•linux-ibm-5.4
< 5.4.0-1067.72~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-intel-5.13
< 5.13.0-1011.11
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-iot
< 5.4.0-1032.33
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
all | < 5.4.0-1108.115
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
all
- ubuntu•linux-oem
all
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References (17)
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.3
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215231
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/20211206144421.3735-3-chao%40kernel.org/T/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9056d6489f5a41cfbb67f719d2c0ce61ead72d9f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-44879
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/12/1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5302-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5383-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6681-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6681-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6681-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6681-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6716-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44879
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-44879