UBUNTU-CVE-2021-29266
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 2
Upstream
Downstream
Published: 26 Mar 2021, 22:15
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 03:34
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100 CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
26 Mar 2021, 22:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 03:34
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.9. drivers/vhost/vdpa.c has a use-after-free because v->config_ctx has an invalid value upon re-opening a character device, aka CID-f6bbf0010ba0.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.8
< 5.8.0-53.60~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-oem
all
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.10
< 5.10.0-1025.26
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv-5.8
< 5.8.0-25.27~20.04.1
References (6)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-29266
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.9
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=f6bbf0010ba004f5e90c7aefdebc0ee4bd3283b9
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4948-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4949-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29266