Storage Performance Development Kit
CVE-2021-28361
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK) before 20.01.01. If a PDU is sent to the iSCSI target with a zero length (but data is expected), the iSCSI target can crash with a NULL pointer dereference.
AnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK) before 20.01.01. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476), which allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. An issue was discovered in Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK) before 20.01.01. If a PDU is sent to the iSCSI target with a zero length (but data is expected), the iSCSI target can crash with a NULL pointer dereference. Affected products include: Spdk Storage Performance Development Kit. Version information: before 20.01.01..
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Check pointers before dereferencing. Use static analysis tools to detect null pointer paths.
In Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK) before 19.07, a user of a vhost can cause a crash if the target is sent in
In Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK) before 19.01, a malicious vhost client (i.e., virtual machine) could caref
Same weakness CWE-476 – NULL Pointer Dereference
View allSame technique Null Pointer Dereference
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