CVE-2021-27365
mediumpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.021 · 82 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.3. Certain iSCSI data structures do not have appropriate length constraints or checks, and can exceed the PAGE_SIZE value. An unprivileged user can send a Netlink message that is associated with iSCSI, and has a length up to the maximum length of a Netlink message.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.8
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exploits (1)
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- WhatsWrongAndWhy/CVE-2021-27365WhatsWrongAndWhy/CVE-2021-27365PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (46)
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also known as (5)
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references (79)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-27365cnnvd
- https://blog.grimm-co.com/2021/03/new-old-bugs-in-linux-kernel.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182715cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ec98ea7070e94cc25a422ec97d1421e28d97b7eecnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f9dbdf97a5bd92b1a49cee3d591b55b11fd7a6d5cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00035.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27365cnnvd
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