CVE-2021-26708
Published: February 5, 2021Last modified: July 18, 2024
Description
A local privilege escalation was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.10.13. Multiple race conditions in the AF_VSOCK implementation are caused by wrong locking in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c. The race conditions were implicitly introduced in the commits that added VSOCK multi-transport support.
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7 |
Attack Vector | LOCAL |
Attack complexity | HIGH |
Privileges required | LOW |
User interaction | NONE |
Scope | UNCHANGED |
Confidentiality | HIGH |
Integrity impact | HIGH |
Availability impact | HIGH |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Status
Product | Release | Package | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Alpaquita Linux | Stream | linux-lts | Not affected (6.1.33-r0) |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/05/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/09/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/25/14
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.13
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c518adafa39f37858697ac9309c6cf1805581446
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0008/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/5