High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-29628
CVE-2021-29628
Description
In FreeBSD 13.0-STABLE before n245764-876ffe28796c, 12.2-STABLE before r369857, 13.0-RELEASE before p1, and 12.2-RELEASE before p7, a system call triggering a fault could cause SMAP protections to be disabled for the duration of the system call. This weakness could be combined with other kernel bugs to craft an exploit.
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Affected products
15- FreeBSD/FreeBSDdescription
< 13.0-STABLE before n245764-876ffe28796c, < 12.2-STABLE before r369857, < 13.0-RELEASE before p1, < 12.2-RELEASE before p7+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: < 13.0-STABLE before n245764-876ffe28796c, < 12.2-STABLE before r369857, < 13.0-RELEASE before p1, < 12.2-RELEASE before p7
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.2:beta1-p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.2:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.2:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.2:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.2:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.2:p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.2:p6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.0:beta3-p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.0:rc5-p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
2- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-21:11.smap.ascnvdExploitVendor Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210713-0002/nvdThird Party Advisory
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