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NTAP-20210727-0003 — CVE-2002-2438 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2021-07-27 · Updated 2024-05-01 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: not scored · ONTAP affected: No — other NetApp product
Official advisory: NTAP-20210727-0003 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
Product family: Cloud Backup / AltaVault / SteelStore · SolidFire / NetApp HCI | other NetApp product
CVEs in this advisory
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).
Affected products
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S
- NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
- NetApp SolidFire Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
What to do
- Compare your installed product and version against the affected list above and the official advisory's affected-versions table.
- Apply the fixed release named in the official advisory, or the documented workaround if no fix ships yet.
- Limit management-plane exposure (BMC/management interfaces, web UIs, SNMP) until patched.
- Track follow-ups in the site CVE index and the security RSS feed.
Related reading
- Site CVE index — every CVE we track, split by year
- Security hub — recent NetApp advisories and what changed
- Security hardening baseline — applies to NetApp management planes generally
- Every NetApp advisory published in 2021