CVE-2021-3501 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products

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Summary

Multiple NetApp products incorporate Linux Kernel. Linux Kernel versions prior to 5.12 are susceptible to a vulnerability which when successfully exploited could lead to addition or modification of data or Denial of Service (DoS).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to addition or modification of data or Denial of Service (DoS).

Vulnerability Scoring Details

CVE Score Vector
CVE-2021-3501 7.1 (HIGH) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploitation and Public Announcements

NetApp is aware of public discussion of this vulnerability.

Affected Products

  • NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H300E/H500E/H700E/H410S
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
  • NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)

Products Not Affected

  • 7-Mode Transition Tool
  • AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
  • ATTO FibreBridge - 6500N
  • ATTO FibreBridge - 7500N
  • ATTO FibreBridge - 7600N
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for Linux
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windows
  • Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
  • Active IQ mobile app
  • Brocade Fabric Operating System Firmware
  • Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
  • Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit
  • Cloud Insights Telegraf Agent
  • Cloud Manager
  • Cloud Secure Agent
  • Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
  • Clustered Data ONTAP
  • Clustered Data ONTAP Antivirus Connector
  • E-Series BIOS
  • E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
  • E-Series SANtricity Storage Manager
  • E-Series SANtricity Web Services (REST API) for Web Services Proxy
  • Element .NET SDK
  • Element HealthTools
  • Element JAVA SDK
  • Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
  • Element Python SDK
  • FAS/AFF BIOS
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A250/500f
  • FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A320/C190/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750/A800
  • Global File Cache
  • Host Utilities - SAN for Linux
  • Host Utilities - SAN for Windows
  • Inventory Collect Tool
  • Management Services for Element Software and NetApp HCI
  • MetroCluster Tiebreaker for clustered Data ONTAP
  • NetApp Cloud Backup OST Plug-in (formerly AltaVault OST Plug-in)
  • NetApp Converged Systems Advisor Agent
  • NetApp E-Series Performance Analyzer
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610C
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S
  • NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H615C
  • NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
  • NetApp HCI Compute Node BIOS
  • NetApp HCI Storage Node BIOS
  • NetApp Manageability SDK
  • NetApp NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
  • NetApp SANtricity SMI-S Provider
  • NetApp SMI-S Provider
  • NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
  • NetApp SolidFire BIOS
  • NetApp SolidFire Plug-in for vRealize Orchestrator (SolidFire vRO)
  • NetApp SolidFire, Enterprise SDS & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
  • NetApp Storage Encryption
  • NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above
  • NetApp Virtual Desktop Service (VDS)
  • NetApp XCP NFS
  • NetApp XCP SMB
  • ONTAP Mediator
  • ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
  • OnCommand Insight
  • OnCommand Workflow Automation
  • Open Systems SnapVault Agent
  • SANtricity Storage Plugin for vCenter
  • SANtricity Unified Manager
  • SAS Firmware
  • SRA Plugin for Linux
  • SRA Plugin for Windows
  • Service Processor
  • Single Mailbox Recovery
  • Snap Creator Framework
  • SnapCenter
  • SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
  • SnapDrive for Unix
  • SnapManager for Exchange
  • SnapManager for Hyper-V
  • SnapManager for Oracle
  • SnapManager for SAP
  • SolidFire Storage Replication Adapter
  • Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above
  • Storage Services Connector
  • StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
  • StorageGRID BIOS SG1000/SG100
  • StorageGRID BIOS SG5660/SG5612/SG5760/SG5712
  • StorageGRID BIOS SG6060/SGF6024
  • StorageGRID Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
  • StorageGRID9 (9.x and prior)
  • System Manager 9.x
  • Trident
  • Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above

Software Versions and Fixes

NetApp's currently available patches are listed below.


Product First Fixed in Release
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H300E/H500E/H700E/H410S NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H300E/H500E/H700E/H410S has no plans to address this vulnerability.
NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C has no plans to address this vulnerability.
NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) has no plans to address this vulnerability. See the EOA announcement for more information.

Workarounds

None at this time.

Obtaining Software Fixes

Software fixes will be made available through the NetApp Support website in the Software Download section.

https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/downloads/

Customers who do not have access to the Support website should contact Technical Support at the number below to obtain the patches.

Contact Information

Check http://mysupport.netapp.com for further updates.
For questions, contact NetApp at:

Technical Support
mysupport.netapp.com
1 888 4 NETAPP (1 888 463 8277) (U.S. and Canada)
+00 800 44 638277 (EMEA/Europe)
+800 800 80 800 (Asia/Pacific)

Status of This Notice

Interim.

NetApp will continue to update this advisory as additional information becomes available.

This advisory should be considered the single source of current, up-to-date, authorized and accurate information from NetApp regarding Full Support products and versions.

This advisory is posted at the following link:
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/NTAP-20210618-0008

Revision History

Revision # Date Comments
1.0 20210618 Initial Public Release
2.0 20211007 NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C and NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H300E/H500E/H700E/H410S moved to Won't Fix status
3.0 20211101 NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) moved to Won't Fix status
4.0 20220106 NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault) moved to Won't Fix status

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