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UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28950
Vulnerability in linux-hwe-edge (UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28950)
Summary
vulnerability in linux-hwe-edge (UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28950). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `5.4.0-1049.51~18.04.1` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28950** has been found in linux-hwe-edge.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade linux-hwe-edge to **5.4.0-1049.51~18.04.1** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "linux-hwe-edge UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28950" on the vendor's site.
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28950 (linux-hwe-edge) —
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: `5.4.0-1049.51~18.04.1` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (unclassified) exists in linux-hwe-edge.
📍 Affected scope
linux-hwe-edge — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **5.4.0-1049.51~18.04.1**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'linux-hwe-edge' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'linux-hwe-edge' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `linux-hwe-edge` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade linux-hwe-edge to 5.4.0-1049.51~18.04.1ステージング環境で 5.4.0-1049.51~18.04.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
linux-hwe-edge
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-aws-5.4
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1049.51~18.04.1"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-azure-5.4
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1048.50~18.04.1"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-gcp-5.4
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1044.47~18.04.2"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-gke-5.4
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1044.46~18.04.1"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-gkeop-5.4
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1016.17~18.04.1"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-hwe-5.4
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-74.83~18.04.1"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-oracle-5.4
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1046.50~18.04.2"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-raspi-5.4
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1036.39~18.04.1"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-aws-5.0
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-aws-5.3
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-azure
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-azure-5.3
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-azure-edge
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-gcp
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-gcp-5.3
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-gcp-edge
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-gke-4.15
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-hwe
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-oem
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-oracle-5.0
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
linux-oracle-5.3
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
linux
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-74.83"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
linux-aws
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1049.51"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
linux-azure
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1048.50"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
linux-bluefield
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1012.15"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
linux-gcp
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1044.47"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
linux-gke
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1044.46"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
linux-gkeop
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1016.17"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
linux-hwe-5.8
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8.0-55.62~20.04.1"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
linux-kvm
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1040.41"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
linux-oem-5.10
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.10.0-1021.22"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
linux-oracle
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1046.50"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
linux-raspi
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1036.39"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
linux-riscv-5.8
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.8.0-26.28~20.04.1"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
linux-raspi2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
linux-riscv
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS
linux-fips
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
linux-intel-iot-realtime
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
linux-realtime
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
linux-raspi-realtime
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04
linux-nvidia
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- advisory https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4911-1
- advisory https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4982-1
- advisory https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4984-1
- report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-28950
- report https://git.kernel.org/linus/775c5033a0d164622d9d10dd0f0a5531639ed3ed
- report https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.8
- report https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=775c5033a0d164622d9d10dd0f0a5531639ed3ed
- report https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QRTPQE73ANG7D6M4L4PK5ZQDPO4Y2FVD/
- report https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28950