MGASA-2021-0084

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 0
Upstream
CVE-2021-26708
Published: 15 Feb 2021, 19:24
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 04:25

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

15 Feb 2021, 19:24
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 04:25
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerability This kernel update is based on upstream 5.10.14 and fixes at least the following security issues: A local privilege escalation was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.10.13. Multiple race conditions in the AF_VSOCK implementation are caused by wrong locking in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c (CVE-2021-26708). It also adds the following fixes: - make CONNECTOR builtin to enable PROC_EVENTS (mga#28312) - drm/amd/display: Revert "Fix EDID parsing after resume from suspend" - drm/amdgpu: fix the issue that retry constantly once the buffer is oversize - drm/amdgpu: set default value of noretry to 1 for vega10 - drm/amdgpu: default noretry=0 for navi1x and newer - drm/amdkfd: fix null pointer panic while free buffer in kfd - mm: thp: fix MADV_REMOVE deadlock on shmem THP For other upstream fixes, see the referenced changelogs.

Affected Systems

  • mageia•kernel

    < 5.10.14-1.mga7

  • mageia•kmod-virtualbox

    < 6.1.18-6.mga7

  • mageia•kmod-xtables-addons

    < 3.13-12.mga7

References (5)