Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-33909 |
CWE-ID | CWE-190 |
Exploitation vector | Local |
Public exploit | Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available. |
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kernel (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Red Hat Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU55143
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 7.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33909
CWE-ID:
CWE-190 - Integer overflow
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow during size_t-to-int conversion when creating, mounting, and deleting a deep directory structure whose total path length exceeds 1GB. An unprivileged local user can write up to 10-byte string to an offset of exactly -2GB-10B below the beginning of a vmalloc()ated kernel buffer.
Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to exploit the our-of-bounds write vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Install updates from vendor's website.
kernel (Red Hat package): 4.18.0-147.0.2.el8_1 - 4.18.0-147.51.1.el8_1
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support: 8.1
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support: 8.1
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support: 8.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support: 8.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support: 8.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support: 8.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support: 8.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions: 8.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions: 8.1
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2722
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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.