CVE-2021-30178 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's Hyper-V SynIC handling allows local attackers to cause a system crash.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-30178?

CVE-2021-30178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 6 Apr 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.11. synic_get in arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c has a NULL pointer dereference for certain accesses to the SynIC Hyper-V context, aka CID-919f4ebc5987.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-30178?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2021-30178?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2021-30178 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-30178 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as AZL-6556, GHSA-5qhm-686w-6256, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30178.

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