CVE-2021-3802

Publication date 29 November 2021

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A vulnerability found in udisks2. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted image file/USB leading to kernel panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
udisks2	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
udisks2	Upstream: 38d90a4

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.2 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	High
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H