| Name | CVE-2021-28039 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.9.x through 5.11.3, as used with Xen. In some less-common configurations, an x86 PV guest OS user can crash a Dom0 or driver domain via a large amount of I/O activity. The issue relates to misuse of guest physical addresses when a configuration has CONFIG_XEN_UNPOPULATED_ALLOC but not CONFIG_XEN_BALLOON_MEMORY_HOTPLUG. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.19.289-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.10.178-3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.191-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.38-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.52-1 | fixed |
| trixie, sid | 6.5.3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 5.10.24-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
[buster] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[stretch] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-369.html