CVE-2021-38578

NameCVE-2021-38578
DescriptionExisting CommBuffer checks in SmmEntryPoint will not catch underflow when computing BufferSize.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1014468

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
edk2 (PTS)jessie/non-free0~20131112.2590861a-3vulnerable
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch0~20161202.7bbe0b3e-1+deb9u2vulnerable
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)0~20181115.85588389-3+deb10u4vulnerable
bullseye (security), bullseye2020.11-2+deb11u2vulnerable
bookworm (security), bookworm2022.11-6+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2024.11-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
edk2sourcejessie(unfixed)end-of-life
edk2sourcestretch(unfixed)end-of-life
edk2source(unstable)2022.11-11014468

Notes

[bullseye] - edk2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - edk2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3387
https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/90516
https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/commit/cab1f02565d3b29081dd21afb074f35fdb4e1fd6

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