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CVE-2021-28952

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-28952 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Linux kernel's soundwire device driver (sound/soc/qcom/sdm845.c) affecting versions up to 5.11.8, including fedoraproject and netapp products. This flaw occurs when an unexpected port ID is encountered. It carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity that can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.11.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16920-16823Fixed in: 5.10.78.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.10.78.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.10.78.1-1

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2021-28952Important

kernel: buffer overflow in sound/soc/qcom/sdm845.c when an unexpected port ID number is encountered

Mar 10, 2021
microsoft2021-Mar/CVE-2021-28952Important

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8. The sound/soc/qcom/sdm845.c soundwire device driver has a buffer overflow when an unexpected port ID number is encountered aka CID-1c668e1c0a0f. (This has been fixed in 5.12-rc4.)

Mar 9, 2021

References

git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4VCKIOXCOZGXBEZMO5LGGV5MWCHO6FT3
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PTRNPQTZ4GVS46SZ4OBXY5YDOGVPSTGQ
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T2S3I4SLRNRUQDOFYUS6IUAZMQNMPNLG
lore.kernel.org / alsa-devel/20210309142129.14182-2-srinivas.kandagatla%40linaro.org
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20210430-0003
Third Party Advisory