SB2021041235 - Fedora 33 update for kernel
Published: April 12, 2021
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-30178)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the synic_get() function in arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29154)
CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect computation of branch displacements within the BPF JIT compilers in the Linux kernel in arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c and arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c. A local user can inject and execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.