Linux Kernel CVE Statistics
7 Linux Kernel CVEs in October 2021
Full month · Source: NIST NVD
In October 2021, 7 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 4 were rated High severity and 3 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. October's 7 CVEs represent 4% of all 2021 Linux kernel CVEs , up from September's 5 (a 40% month-over-month increase) .
7
Total CVEs
0
Critical
4
High
3
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — October 2021
7 CVEs
| CVE ID | Package | Severity | CVSS | Published | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-43057 | linux | High | 7.8 | 2021-10-28 | An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.14.8. A use-after-free in selinux_ptrace_traceme (aka the SELinux … | |
| CVE-2021-42252 | linux | High | 7.8 | 2021-10-11 | An issue was discovered in aspeed_lpc_ctrl_mmap in drivers/soc/aspeed/aspeed-lpc-ctrl.c in the Linux kernel before 5.14… | |
| CVE-2021-42008 | linux | High | 7.8 | 2021-10-05 | The decode_data function in drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.13 has a slab out-of-bounds wr… | |
| CVE-2021-41864 | linux | High | 7.8 | 2021-10-02 | prealloc_elems_and_freelist in kernel/bpf/stackmap.c in the Linux kernel before 5.14.12 allows unprivileged users to tr… | |
| CVE-2021-42327 | linux | Medium | 6.7 | 2021-10-21 | dp_link_settings_write in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_debugfs.c in the Linux kernel through 5.14.14… | |
| CVE-2021-42739 | linux | Medium | 6.7 | 2021-10-20 | The firewire subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.14.13 has a buffer overflow related to drivers/media/firewire/fire… | |
| CVE-2021-43056 | linux | Medium | 5.5 | 2021-10-28 | An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel for powerpc before 5.14.15. It allows a malicious KVM guest to crash the ho… |