CVE-2021-1114 (GCVE-0-2021-1114)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-11 21:33 – Updated: 2024-08-03 15:55
VLAI
Summary
NVIDIA Linux kernel distributions contain a vulnerability in the kernel crypto node, where use after free may lead to complete denial of service.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Use After Free
Assigner
nvidia CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 329 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
NVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier series, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson TX2 series, Jetson TX2 NX Affected: All Jetson Linux versions prior to r32.6.1
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