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CVE-2021-3506
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2021-04-19 · updated 2026-09-01
- Weakness: CWE-125
Description
An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory access flaw was found in fs/f2fs/node.c in the f2fs module in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.12.0-rc4. A bounds check failure allows a local attacker to gain access to out-of-bounds memory leading to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 9.0
- Linux kernel: before 4.19.191; from 4.20 before 5.4.118; from 5.5 before 5.10.36; from 5.11 before 5.11.20; from 5.12 before 5.12.3; 5.12, 5.12-rc1, 5.12-rc2, 5.12-rc3 — fixed in 4.19.191, 5.10.36, 5.11.20, 5.12.3, 5.4.118
- NetApp Cloud Backup: all versions
- NetApp H300E Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H300S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H410C Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H410S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H500E Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H500S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H700E Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H700S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware: all versions
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.19.191, 5.10.36, 5.11.20, 5.12.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/08/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1944298
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210611-0007/
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg2520013.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/28/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/08/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1944298
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210611-0007/
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg2520013.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/28/2
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