| Name | CVE-2021-38604 |
| Description | In librt in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.34, sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mq_notify.c mishandles certain NOTIFY_REMOVED data, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this vulnerability was introduced as a side effect of the CVE-2021-33574 fix. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| glibc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.19-18+deb8u14 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.24-11+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.24-11+deb9u7 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.28-10+deb10u4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u11 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.31-13+deb11u10 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u9 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.36-9+deb12u7 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.40-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| glibc | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- glibc <not-affected> (Vulnerability introduced as side effect of the CVE-2021-33574 fix)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28213
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=4cc79c217744743077bf7a0ec5e0a4318f1e6641
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=b805aebd42364fe696e417808a700fdb9800c9e8