CVE-2021-20261 | BDVDB-2026-150283 Detail
kernel
Description#
A race condition was found in the Linux kernels implementation of the floppy disk drive controller driver software. The impact of this issue is lessened by the fact that the default permissions on the floppy device (/dev/fd0) are restricted to root. If the permissions on the device have changed the impact changes greatly. In the default configuration root (or equivalent) permissions are required to attack this flaw.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
References#
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.