Race conditions in usbip_sockfd_store leading to denial of service (GPF) in Linux kernel before 5.11.7

Race conditions in usbip_sockfd_store leading to denial of service (GPF) in Linux kernel before 5.11.7

CVE-2021-29265 · MEDIUM Severity

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

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.7. usbip_sockfd_store in drivers/usb/usbip/stub_dev.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (GPF) because the stub-up sequence has race conditions during an update of the local and shared status, aka CID-9380afd6df70.

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