CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-4001

A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's ebpf verifier between bpf_map_update_elem and bpf_map_freeze due to a missing lock in kernel/bpf/syscall.c. In this flaw, a local user with a special privilege (cap_sys_admin or cap_bpf) can modify the frozen mapped address space. This flaw affects kernel versions prior to 5.16 rc2.

4.7 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

4.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.5 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025645 Issue Tracking Patch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf.git/commit/?id=353050be4c19e102178ccc05988101887c25ae53 Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-01-21 07:15

Updated : 2022-11-16 03:36

NVD link : CVE-2021-4001

Mitre link : CVE-2021-4001

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-367