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CVE-2021-38202

fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial...

7.5 HighFix available

fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read in strlen) by sending NFS traffic when the trace event framework is being used for nfsd.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.19%Up 2.2 points since Aug 9, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read in strlen) by sending NFS traffic when the trace event framework is being used for nfsd.

Record
CVE-2021-38202
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read in strlen) by sending NFS traffic when the trace event framework is being used for nfsd.

Record
CVE-2021-38202
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-24660 No score

fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read in strlen) by sending NFS traffic when the trace event framework is being used for nfsd.

Record
EUVD-2021-24660
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j8f3-cxf7-rj22 7.5

fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial...

fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read in strlen) by sending NFS traffic when the trace event framework is being used for nfsd.

Record
GHSA-j8f3-cxf7-rj22
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-6586 7.5

CVE-2021-38202 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.10.78.1-1

fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read in strlen) by sending NFS traffic when the trace event framework is being used for nfsd.

Record
AZL-6586
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read in strlen) by sending NFS traffic when the trace event framework is being used for nfsd.

Record
CVE-2021-38202
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-38202 7.5

fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read in strlen) by sending NFS traffic when the trace event framework is being used for nfsd.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38202
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-5096-1 No score

linux-oem-5.13 vulnerabilities

Valentina Palmiotti discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel could be coerced to free adjacent memory. A local attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-41073)

Benedict Schlueter discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly protect against Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) side- channel attacks in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-34556)

Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly protect against Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) side-channel attacks in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-35477)

Murray McAllister discovered that the joystick device interface in the Linux kernel did not properly validate data passed via an ioctl(). A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on systems with a joystick device registered. (CVE-2021-3612)

It was discovered that the tracing subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of per-cpu ring buffer state. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3679)

It was discovered that the Option USB High Speed Mobile device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle error conditions. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-37159)

Alois Wohlschlager discovered that the overlay file system in the Linux kernel did not restrict private clones in some situations. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-3732)

It was discovered that the Virtio console implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate input lengths in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2021-38160)

It was discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow in its hash table implementation. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-38166)

Michael Wakabayashi discovered that the NFSv4 client implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly order connection setup operations. An attacker controlling a remote NFS server could use this to cause a denial of service on the client. (CVE-2021-38199)

It was discovered that the Sun RPC implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds access error. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2021-38201)

It was discovered that the NFS server implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds read when the trace even framework is being used for nfsd. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2021-38202)

Naohiro Aota discovered that the btrfs file system in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in situations that triggered allocations of new system chunks. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (deadlock). (CVE-2021-38203)

It was discovered that the MAX-3421 host USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle device removal events. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2021-38204)

It was discovered that the Xilinx 10/100 Ethernet Lite device driver in the Linux kernel could report pointer addresses in some situations. An attacker could use this information to ease the exploitation of another vulnerability. (CVE-2021-38205)

It was discovered that the ext4 file system in the Linux kernel contained a race condition when writing xattrs to an inode. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2021-40490)

Record
USN-5096-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel
Azure Linux:2
before 5.10.78.1-1
5.10.78.1-1
linux-hwe-edge
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.8.0-28.30~16.04.14.8.0-30.32~16.04.14.8.0-32.34~16.04.14.8.0-34.36~16.04.14.10.0-14.16~16.04.1
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4.10.0-19.21~16.04.14.10.0-20.22~16.04.14.10.0-21.23~16.04.14.10.0-22.24~16.04.14.10.0-24.28~16.04.14.10.0-26.30~16.04.14.11.0-13.19~16.04.14.11.0-14.20~16.04.14.13.0-16.19~16.04.34.13.0-17.20~16.04.14.13.0-19.22~16.04.14.13.0-21.24~16.04.14.13.0-25.29~16.04.24.15.0-13.14~16.04.14.15.0-15.16~16.04.14.15.0-20.21~16.04.14.15.0-22.24~16.04.14.15.0-23.25~16.04.1
None known
linux-aws-5.0
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.0.0-1021.24~18.04.15.0.0-1022.25~18.04.15.0.0-1023.26~18.04.15.0.0-1024.27~18.04.15.0.0-1025.285.0.0-1027.30
None known
linux-aws-5.3
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.3.0-1016.17~18.04.15.3.0-1017.18~18.04.15.3.0-1019.21~18.04.15.3.0-1023.25~18.04.15.3.0-1028.30~18.04.1
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5.3.0-1030.32~18.04.15.3.0-1032.34~18.04.25.3.0-1033.355.3.0-1034.365.3.0-1035.37
None known
linux-azure
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.15.0-1002.24.15.0-1003.34.15.0-1004.44.15.0-1008.84.15.0-1009.9
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4.15.0-1012.124.15.0-1013.134.15.0-1014.144.15.0-1018.184.15.0-1019.194.15.0-1021.214.15.0-1022.234.15.0-1023.244.15.0-1025.264.15.0-1028.294.15.0-1030.314.15.0-1031.324.15.0-1032.334.15.0-1035.364.15.0-1036.384.15.0-1037.394.18.0-1011.11~18.04.14.18.0-1013.13~18.04.14.18.0-1014.14~18.04.14.18.0-1018.18~18.04.14.18.0-1019.19~18.04.14.18.0-1020.20~18.04.14.18.0-1023.24~18.04.14.18.0-1024.25~18.04.14.18.0-1025.27~18.04.15.0.0-1014.14~18.04.15.0.0-1016.17~18.04.15.0.0-1018.19~18.04.15.0.0-1020.21~18.04.15.0.0-1022.23~18.04.15.0.0-1023.24~18.04.15.0.0-1025.27~18.04.15.0.0-1027.29~18.04.15.0.0-1028.30~18.04.15.0.0-1029.31~18.04.15.0.0-1031.335.0.0-1032.345.0.0-1035.375.0.0-1036.38
None known
linux-azure-5.3
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.3.0-1007.8~18.04.15.3.0-1008.9~18.04.15.3.0-1009.10~18.04.15.3.0-1010.11~18.04.15.3.0-1012.13~18.04.1
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5.3.0-1013.14~18.04.15.3.0-1016.17~18.04.15.3.0-1018.19~18.04.15.3.0-1019.20~18.04.15.3.0-1020.21~18.04.15.3.0-1022.23~18.04.15.3.0-1028.29~18.04.15.3.0-1031.32~18.04.15.3.0-1032.33~18.04.15.3.0-1034.35~18.04.15.3.0-1035.36
None known
linux-azure-edge
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.18.0-1006.6~18.04.14.18.0-1007.7~18.04.14.18.0-1008.8~18.04.15.0.0-1012.12~18.04.2
None known
linux-gcp
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.15.0-1001.14.15.0-1003.34.15.0-1005.54.15.0-1006.64.15.0-1008.8
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4.15.0-1009.94.15.0-1010.104.15.0-1014.144.15.0-1015.154.15.0-1017.184.15.0-1018.194.15.0-1019.204.15.0-1021.224.15.0-1023.244.15.0-1024.254.15.0-1025.264.15.0-1026.274.15.0-1027.284.15.0-1028.294.15.0-1029.314.15.0-1030.324.15.0-1032.344.15.0-1033.354.15.0-1034.364.15.0-1036.384.15.0-1037.394.15.0-1040.424.15.0-1042.454.15.0-1044.705.0.0-1020.20~18.04.15.0.0-1021.21~18.04.15.0.0-1025.26~18.04.15.0.0-1026.27~18.04.15.0.0-1028.29~18.04.15.0.0-1029.30~18.04.15.0.0-1031.325.0.0-1033.345.0.0-1034.35
None known
linux-gcp-5.3
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.3.0-1008.9~18.04.15.3.0-1009.10~18.04.15.3.0-1010.11~18.04.15.3.0-1012.13~18.04.15.3.0-1014.15~18.04.1
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5.3.0-1016.17~18.04.15.3.0-1017.18~18.04.15.3.0-1018.19~18.04.15.3.0-1020.22~18.04.15.3.0-1026.28~18.04.15.3.0-1029.31~18.04.15.3.0-1030.32~18.04.15.3.0-1032.34~18.04.1
None known
linux-gcp-edge
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.18.0-1004.5~18.04.14.18.0-1005.6~18.04.14.18.0-1006.7~18.04.14.18.0-1007.8~18.04.14.18.0-1008.9~18.04.1
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4.18.0-1009.10~18.04.14.18.0-1011.12~18.04.14.18.0-1012.13~18.04.14.18.0-1013.14~18.04.14.18.0-1015.16~18.04.15.0.0-1011.11~18.04.15.0.0-1013.13~18.04.1
None known
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
linux-gke-4.15
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.15.0-1030.324.15.0-1032.344.15.0-1033.354.15.0-1034.364.15.0-1036.38
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4.15.0-1037.394.15.0-1040.424.15.0-1041.434.15.0-1042.444.15.0-1044.464.15.0-1045.484.15.0-1046.494.15.0-1048.514.15.0-1049.524.15.0-1050.534.15.0-1052.554.15.0-1055.584.15.0-1057.604.15.0-1058.614.15.0-1059.624.15.0-1063.664.15.0-1064.674.15.0-1066.694.15.0-1067.704.15.0-1069.724.15.0-1070.734.15.0-1072.764.15.0-1073.784.15.0-1074.794.15.0-1076.814.15.0-1077.824.15.0-1078.834.15.0-1079.84
None known
linux-hwe
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.18.0-13.14~18.04.14.18.0-14.15~18.04.14.18.0-15.16~18.04.14.18.0-16.17~18.04.14.18.0-17.18~18.04.1
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4.18.0-18.19~18.04.14.18.0-20.21~18.04.14.18.0-21.22~18.04.14.18.0-22.23~18.04.14.18.0-24.25~18.04.14.18.0-25.26~18.04.15.0.0-23.24~18.04.15.0.0-25.26~18.04.15.0.0-27.28~18.04.15.0.0-29.31~18.04.15.0.0-31.33~18.04.15.0.0-32.34~18.04.25.0.0-35.38~18.04.15.0.0-36.39~18.04.15.0.0-37.40~18.04.15.3.0-26.28~18.04.15.3.0-28.30~18.04.15.3.0-40.32~18.04.15.3.0-42.34~18.04.15.3.0-45.37~18.04.15.3.0-46.38~18.04.15.3.0-51.44~18.04.25.3.0-53.47~18.04.15.3.0-59.53~18.04.15.3.0-61.55~18.04.15.3.0-62.56~18.04.15.3.0-64.58~18.04.15.3.0-65.595.3.0-66.605.3.0-67.615.3.0-68.635.3.0-69.655.3.0-70.665.3.0-72.685.3.0-73.695.3.0-74.705.3.0-75.715.3.0-76.72
None known
linux-hwe-edge
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.0.0-15.16~18.04.15.0.0-16.17~18.04.15.0.0-17.18~18.04.15.0.0-19.20~18.04.15.0.0-20.21~18.04.1
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5.3.0-19.20~18.04.25.3.0-22.24~18.04.15.3.0-23.25~18.04.15.3.0-23.25~18.04.25.3.0-24.26~18.04.2
None known
linux-oem
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.15.0-1002.34.15.0-1004.54.15.0-1006.94.15.0-1008.114.15.0-1009.12
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4.15.0-1012.154.15.0-1013.164.15.0-1015.184.15.0-1017.204.15.0-1018.214.15.0-1021.244.15.0-1024.294.15.0-1026.314.15.0-1028.334.15.0-1030.354.15.0-1033.384.15.0-1034.394.15.0-1035.404.15.0-1036.414.15.0-1038.434.15.0-1039.444.15.0-1043.484.15.0-1045.504.15.0-1050.574.15.0-1056.654.15.0-1057.664.15.0-1059.684.15.0-1063.724.15.0-1064.734.15.0-1065.754.15.0-1066.764.15.0-1067.774.15.0-1069.794.15.0-1073.834.15.0-1076.864.15.0-1079.894.15.0-1080.904.15.0-1081.914.15.0-1087.974.15.0-1090.1004.15.0-1091.1014.15.0-1093.1034.15.0-1094.1044.15.0-1096.1064.15.0-1097.1074.15.0-1099.1094.15.0-1100.1104.15.0-1101.1124.15.0-1102.1134.15.0-1103.114
None known
linux-oracle-5.0
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.0.0-1007.12~18.04.15.0.0-1008.13~18.04.15.0.0-1009.14~18.04.15.0.0-1010.15~18.04.15.0.0-1011.165.0.0-1013.185.0.0-1014.19
None known
linux-oracle-5.3
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.3.0-1011.12~18.04.15.3.0-1013.14~18.04.15.3.0-1014.15~18.04.15.3.0-1016.18~18.04.15.3.0-1018.20~18.04.1
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5.3.0-1024.26~18.04.15.3.0-1027.29~18.04.15.3.0-1028.30~18.04.15.3.0-1030.32~18.04.1
None known
linux-oem-5.13
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
before 5.13.0-1014.18, plus listed versions
5.13.0-1009.105.13.0-1010.115.13.0-1012.16
5.13.0-1014.18
linux-aws-5.8
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.8.0-1035.37~20.04.15.8.0-1038.40~20.04.15.8.0-1041.43~20.04.15.8.0-1042.44~20.04.1
None known
linux-gcp-5.8
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.8.0-1032.34~20.04.15.8.0-1035.37~20.04.15.8.0-1038.40~20.04.15.8.0-1039.41
None known
linux-oem-5.6
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.6.0-1007.75.6.0-1008.85.6.0-1010.105.6.0-1011.115.6.0-1013.13
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5.6.0-1017.175.6.0-1018.185.6.0-1020.205.6.0-1021.215.6.0-1023.235.6.0-1026.265.6.0-1027.275.6.0-1028.285.6.0-1031.325.6.0-1032.335.6.0-1033.355.6.0-1034.365.6.0-1035.375.6.0-1036.395.6.0-1039.435.6.0-1042.465.6.0-1047.515.6.0-1048.525.6.0-1050.545.6.0-1052.565.6.0-1053.575.6.0-1054.585.6.0-1055.595.6.0-1056.60
None known
linux-oracle-5.8
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.8.0-1031.32~20.04.25.8.0-1033.34~20.04.15.8.0-1034.35~20.04.25.8.0-1037.38~20.04.15.8.0-1038.39~20.04.1
None known
linux-raspi2
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.3.0-1007.85.3.0-1014.165.3.0-1015.175.3.0-1017.195.4.0-1004.45.4.0-1006.6
None known
linux-riscv
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.4.0-24.285.4.0-26.305.4.0-27.315.4.0-28.325.4.0-30.34
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5.4.0-31.355.4.0-33.375.4.0-34.385.4.0-36.415.4.0-37.425.4.0-39.445.4.0-40.45
None known
linux-riscv-5.8
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
5.8.0-14.16~20.04.15.8.0-14.16~20.04.35.8.0-16.18~20.04.15.8.0-17.19~20.04.15.8.0-18.20~20.04.1
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5.8.0-20.22~20.04.15.8.0-22.24~20.04.15.8.0-25.27~20.04.15.8.0-26.28~20.04.15.8.0-29.31~20.04.1
None known
linux-oem-5.13
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 16 CVEs
before 5.13.0-1014.18, plus listed versions
5.13.0-1009.105.13.0-1010.115.13.0-1012.16
5.13.0-1014.18

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-38202 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Linux Kernel, published August 8, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.19%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in kernel 5.10.78.1-1.

References

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