CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-41073

7.8 HIGH Published 2021-09-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-09-19
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-763

Description

loop_rw_iter in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel 5.10 through 5.14.6 allows local users to gain privileges by using IORING_OP_PROVIDE_BUFFERS to trigger a free of a kernel buffer, as demonstrated by using /proc/<pid>/maps for exploitation.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 5.10 < 5.10.68) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.14.7) • debian debian linux 10.0 • fedoraproject fedora 33 • fedoraproject fedora 34 • netapp cloud backup • netapp solidfire baseboard management controller • netapp h410c firmware • netapp h300s firmware • netapp h500s firmware • netapp h700s firmware • netapp h300e firmware • netapp h500e firmware • netapp h700e firmware • netapp h410s firmware

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-763 Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference weakness

References