Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-42252 · published 11 October 2021
CVE-2021-42252: Netapp cloud backup vulnerability
NNetapp · Cloud Backup
An issue was discovered in aspeed_lpc_ctrl_mmap in drivers/soc/aspeed/aspeed-lpc-ctrl.c in the Linux kernel before 5.14.6. Local attackers able to access the Aspeed LPC control interface could overwrite memory in the kernel and potentially execute privileges, aka CID-b49a0e69a7b1. This occurs because a certain comparison uses values that are not memory sizes.
Description
An issue was discovered in aspeed_lpc_ctrl_mmap in drivers/soc/aspeed/aspeed-lpc-ctrl.c in the Linux kernel before 5.14.6. Local attackers able to access the Aspeed LPC control interface could overwrite memory in the kernel and potentially execute privileges, aka CID-b49a0e69a7b1. This occurs because a certain comparison uses values that are not memory sizes.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
11 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.14.6 | Release NotesVendor Advisory |
| https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b49a0e69a7b1a68c8d3f64097d06dabb770fec96 | PatchVendor Advisory |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211112-0006/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.14.6 | Release NotesVendor Advisory |
| https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b49a0e69a7b1a68c8d3f64097d06dabb770fec96 | PatchVendor Advisory |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211112-0006/ | Third Party Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-42252), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.