Linux Kernel CVE Statistics
8 Linux Kernel CVEs in December 2021
Full month · Source: NIST NVD
In December 2021, 8 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 5 were rated High severity and 2 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. December's 8 CVEs represent 5% of all 2021 Linux kernel CVEs , up from November's 5 (a 60% month-over-month increase) .
8
Total CVEs
0
Critical
5
High
2
Medium
1
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — December 2021
8 CVEs
| CVE ID | Package | Severity | CVSS | Published | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-45469 | linux | High | 7.8 | 2021-12-23 | In __f2fs_setxattr in fs/f2fs/xattr.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.11, there is an out-of-bounds memory access when… | |
| CVE-2018-25020 | linux | High | 7.8 | 2021-12-08 | The BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.17 mishandles situations with a long jump over an instruction sequence w… | |
| CVE-2021-45485 | linux | High | 7.5 | 2021-12-25 | In the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3, net/ipv6/output_core.c has an information leak because of… | |
| CVE-2021-45100 | linux | High | 7.5 | 2021-12-16 | The ksmbd server through 3.4.2, as used in the Linux kernel through 5.15.8, sometimes communicates in cleartext even th… | |
| CVE-2021-44733 | linux | High | 7.0 | 2021-12-22 | A use-after-free exists in drivers/tee/tee_shm.c in the TEE subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.15.11. This occurs … | |
| CVE-2021-45480 | linux | Medium | 5.5 | 2021-12-24 | An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.15.11. There is a memory leak in the __rds_conn_create() function … | |
| CVE-2021-45095 | linux | Medium | 5.5 | 2021-12-16 | pep_sock_accept in net/phonet/pep.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.8 has a refcount leak. | |
| CVE-2021-45486 | linux | Low | 3.5 | 2021-12-25 | In the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.12.4, net/ipv4/route.c has an information leak because the hash… |