Description
A race condition was found in the Linux kernels implementation of the floppy disk drive controller driver software. The impact of this issue is lessened by the fact that the default permissions on the floppy device (/dev/fd0) are restricted to root. If the permissions on the device have changed the impact changes greatly. In the default configuration root (or equivalent) permissions are required to attack this flaw.
Published: 2021-03-11
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-7698 A race condition was found in the Linux kernels implementation of the floppy disk drive controller driver software. The impact of this issue is lessened by the fact that the default permissions on the floppy device (/dev/fd0) are restricted to root. If the permissions on the device have changed the impact changes greatly. In the default configuration root (or equivalent) permissions are required to attack this flaw.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4904-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:37:23.306Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-20261

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-11T21:15:11.983

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:13.980

Link: CVE-2021-20261

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-03-11T06:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-20261 - Bugzilla

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