CVE-2021-29264

kernel: DoS due to negative fragment size calculation in drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c

Published Mar 26, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.10. drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c in the Freescale Gianfar Ethernet driver allows attackers to cause a system crash because a negative fragment size is calculated in situations involving an rx queue overrun when jumbo packets are used and NAPI is enabled, aka CID-d8861bab48b6.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2690-1 linux-4.19 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2940-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-15902 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.10. drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c in the Freescale Gianfar Ethernet driver allows attackers to cause a system crash because a negative fragment size is calculated in situations involving an rx queue overrun when jumbo packets are used and NAPI is enabled, aka CID-d8861bab48b6.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4946-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4948-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4949-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4982-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 10:02 PM
Reserved
Mar 26, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 26, 2021, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:47 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 5, 2021, 12:00 AM