# CVE-2021-38198: kernel-uek: [5.4.17-2102.206.1] - Revert 'scsi: core: Cap scsi_host cmd_per_lun at can_queue' (Jack Vogel)  [Orabug: 33403144]  [...

CVE-2021-38198 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by ELSA-2021-9474, released October 11, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38198
- Priority: Routine
- CVSS: 5.5 (IMPORTANT)
- EPSS: 0.0045
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Oct 11, 2021

## Description

[5.4.17-2102.206.1] - Revert 'scsi: core: Cap scsi_host cmd_per_lun at can_queue' (Jack Vogel)  [Orabug: 33403144]  [5.4.17-2102.206.0] - Revert 'uek-rpm: Don't recompute build-ids for kernel-uek-debuginfo' (Jack Vogel)  [Orabug: 33245043]  - integrity: Load mokx variables into the blacklist keyring (Eric Snowberg)  [Orabug: 33418496]  - perf/x86/amd: Don't touch the AMD64_EVENTSEL_HOSTONLY bit inside the guest (Like Xu)  [Orabug: 33359395]  - xen: delay xen_hvm_init_time_ops() if kdump is boot on vcpu>=32 (Dongli Zhang)  [Orabug: 33352679]  - Revert 'uek-rpm: mark /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ files as %config' (aloktiw)  [Orabug: 33311489]  - IB/core: Read subnet_prefix in ib_query_port via cache. (Anand Khoje)  [Orabug: 33134286]  - IB/core: Shifting initialization of device->cache_lock (Anand Khoje)  [Orabug: 33134286]  - IB/core: Updating cache for subnet_prefix in config_non_roce_gid_cache() (Anand Khoje)  [Orabug: 33134286]  - IB/core: Shuffle locks in ib_port_data to save memory (Anand Khoje)  [Orabug: 33134286]  - IB/core: Removed port validity check from ib_get_cached_subnet_prefix (Anand Khoje)  [Orabug: 33134286]  - btrfs: fix NULL pointer dereference when deleting device by invalid id (Qu Wenruo)  [Orabug: 33281078]  {CVE-2021-3739} - btrfs: fix race between marking inode needs to be logged and log syncing (Filipe Manana)  [Orabug: 33349276]  - net: qrtr: fix another OOB Read in qrtr_endpoint_post (Xiaolong Huang)  [Orabug: 33284937]  {CVE-2021-3743} - ext4: fix race writing to an inline_data file while its xattrs are changing (Theodore Ts'o)  [Orabug: 33327177]  {CVE-2021-40490} - xfs: remove unused variable (Wengang Wang)  [Orabug: 33313442]  - RDMA/cma: Revert INIT-INIT patch (Mike Marciniszyn)  [Orabug: 33306518]  - uek-rpm: Don't recompute build-ids for kernel-uek-debuginfo (Somasundaram Krishnasamy)  [Orabug: 33245043]  - xen-acpi-processor: fix coordination type mismatch (Elena Ufimtseva)   - KVM: X86: MMU: Use the correct inherited permissions to get shadow page (Lai Jiangshan)  [Orabug: 33209458]  {CVE-2021-38198} - usb: hso: fix error handling code of hso_create_net_device (Dongliang Mu)  [Orabug: 33174795]  {CVE-2021-37159} - hso: fix bailout in error case of probe (Oliver Neukum)  [Orabug: 33174795]  {CVE-2021-37159}

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | kernel-uek ol 8 | 0:5.4.17-2102.206.1.el8uek | [ELSA-2021-9474](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-9474.md) | Oct 11, 2021 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-container ol 8 | 0:5.4.17-2102.206.1.el8 | [ELSA-2021-9475](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-9475.md) | Oct 11, 2021 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-container-debug ol 8 | 0:5.4.17-2102.206.1.el8 | [ELSA-2021-9475](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-9475.md) | Oct 11, 2021 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-debug ol 8 | 0:5.4.17-2102.206.1.el8uek | [ELSA-2021-9474](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-9474.md) | Oct 11, 2021 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-debug-devel ol 8 | 0:5.4.17-2102.206.1.el8uek | [ELSA-2021-9474](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-9474.md) | Oct 11, 2021 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-devel ol 8 | 0:5.4.17-2102.206.1.el8uek | [ELSA-2021-9474](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-9474.md) | Oct 11, 2021 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-doc ol 8 | 0:5.4.17-2102.206.1.el8uek | [ELSA-2021-9474](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-9474.md) | Oct 11, 2021 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-tools ol 8 | 0:5.4.17-2102.206.1.el7uek | [ELSA-2021-9474](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-9474.md) | Oct 11, 2021 |
| Linux | kernel-uek-tools-libs ol 8 | 0:5.4.17-2102.206.1.el7uek | [ELSA-2021-9474](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-9474.md) | Oct 11, 2021 |
| Linux | perf ol 8 | 0:5.4.17-2102.206.1.el7uek | [ELSA-2021-9474](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-9474.md) | Oct 11, 2021 |
| Linux | python-perf ol 8 | 0:5.4.17-2102.206.1.el7uek | [ELSA-2021-9474](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2021-9474.md) | Oct 11, 2021 |

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