High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 17, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-26934
CVE-2021-26934
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 4.18 through 5.10.16, as used by Xen. The backend allocation (aka be-alloc) mode of the drm_xen_front drivers was not meant to be a supported configuration, but this wasn't stated accordingly in its support status entry.
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2- Linux/Linux kerneldescription
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References
4- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-363.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210326-0001/nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4GELN5E6MDR5KQBJF5M5COUUED3YFZTD/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EOAJBVAVR6RSCUCHNXPVSNRPSFM7INMP/nvd
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