Upstream information

CVE-2021-20261 at MITRE

Description

A race condition was found in the Linux kernels implementation of the floppy disk drive controller driver software. The impact of this issue is lessened by the fact that the default permissions on the floppy device (/dev/fd0) are restricted to root. If the permissions on the device have changed the impact changes greatly. In the default configuration root (or equivalent) permissions are required to attack this flaw.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.4
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 6.4 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity High Low
Privileges Required High Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1183400 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1183402 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
  • kernel-bigmem >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-bigmem-base >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-bigmem-devel >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-default >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-default-base >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-default-devel >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-default-man >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-ec2 >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-ec2-base >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-ec2-devel >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-pae >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-pae-base >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-pae-devel >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-ppc64 >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-ppc64-base >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-ppc64-devel >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-source >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-syms >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-trace >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-trace-base >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-trace-devel >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-xen >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-xen-base >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
  • kernel-xen-devel >= 3.0.101-108.126.1
Patchnames:
slessp4-kernel-source-14724


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 kernel-source-azure Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 kernel-default Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP2 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 kernel-source-azure Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 kernel-default Already fixed
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 kernel-source Already fixed
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 kernel-source-azure Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP1 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP3 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 kernel-source Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-bigmem Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-ec2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-pae Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-ppc64 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-syms Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-trace Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-xen Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 kernel-source-azure Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP2 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP3 kernel-source-rt Already fixed


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Mar 11 10:32:02 2021
CVE page last modified: Thu Feb 22 21:42:52 2024