What is CVE-2021-46960?

CVE-2021-46960 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2021-46960 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-46960?

CVE-2021-46960 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2021-46960?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2021-46960. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2021-46960 actively exploited?

CVE-2021-46960 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2021-46960

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Return correct error code from smb2_get_enc_key Avoid a warning if the error percolates back up: [440700.376476] CIFS VFS: \\otters.example.com crypt_message: Could not get encryption key [440700.386947] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [440700.386948] err = 1 [440700.386977] WARNING: CPU: 11 PID: 2733 at /build/linux-hwe-5.4-p6lk6L/linux-hwe-5.4-5.4.0/lib/errseq.c:74 errseq_set+0x5c/0x70 ... [440700.397304] CPU: 11 PID: 2733 Comm: tar Tainted: G OE 5.4.0-70-generic #78~18.04.1-Ubuntu ... [440700.397334] Call Trace: [440700.397346] __filemap_set_wb_err+0x1a/0x70 [440700.397419] cifs_writepages+0x9c7/0xb30 [cifs] [440700.397426] do_writepages+0x4b/0xe0 [440700.397444] __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0xcb/0x100 [440700.397455] filemap_write_and_wait+0x42/0xa0 [440700.397486] cifs_setattr+0x68b/0xf30 [cifs] [440700.397493] notify_change+0x358/0x4a0 [440700.397500] utimes_common+0xe9/0x1c0 [440700.397510] do_utimes+0xc5/0x150 [440700.397520] __x64_sys_utimensat+0x88/0xd0

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-02-27

Last modified 2024-12-11

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2021-46960 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83728cbf366e334301091d5b808add468ab46b27
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93f3339b22ba17e66f0808737467b70ba087eaec
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa0faa5c28a91c362352d6b35dc3ed10df56fb0
Patch

7 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2021-46960

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-02-27

Modified 2024-12-11

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-46960?

CVE-2021-46960 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2021-46960 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-46960?

CVE-2021-46960 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2021-46960?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2021-46960. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2021-46960 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2021-46960 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.