Information disclosure in Linux kernel qrtr implementation

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU57040

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29647

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in qrtr_recvmsg(0 function in net/qrtr/qrtr.c caused by a partially uninitialized data structure. A local user can read sensitive information from kernel memory.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Linux kernel: 5.11 - 5.11.9

External links

http://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.11
http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=50535249f624d0072cd885bcdce4e4b6fb770160
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WKRNELXLVFDY6Y5XDMWLIH3VKIMQXLLR/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RZGMUP6QEHJJEKPMLKOSPWYMW7PXFC2M/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VTADK5ELGTATGW2RK3K5MBJ2WGYCPZCM/
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.