CVE-2021-42252
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.4%
30.8th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
—
Published 2021-10-11 · modified 2026-08-05
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2021-10-11 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-05 — Last modified (NVD)
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.
Affected
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.14.6
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b49a0e69a7b1a68c8d3f64097d06dabb770fec96
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211112-0006/
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.14.6
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b49a0e69a7b1a68c8d3f64097d06dabb770fec96
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211112-0006/