CVE-2021-28971

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.004 · 32 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.39% (32nd) EPSS

CVSS 4.9 · medium

Is it mine?

38 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In intel_pmu_drain_pebs_nhm in arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8 on some Haswell CPUs, userspace applications (such as perf-fuzzer) can cause a system crash because the PEBS status in a PEBS record is mishandled, aka CID-d88d05a9e0b6.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.9mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-755USprimaryCWE-400USCWE-755US

affected products (38)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
IBM Spectrum Protect 10.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:spectrum_protect:10.1
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:spectrum_protect:8.1
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 16.04 ESMfstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 20.10fstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 20.04 LTSfstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 14.04 ESMfstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 18.04 LTSfstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 34fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 33fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 32fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.2fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.3fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 7fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 6fstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.4fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-0515IBM Spectrum Protect: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-06-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM Spectrum Protect ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, seine Rechte zu erweitern oder beliebigen Code mit Root-Rechten auszuführen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-03-22modified 2026-06-17

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references (42)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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