SB2022012123 - Privilege escalation in Linux kernel ebpf
Published: January 21, 2022 Updated: October 5, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022012123
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4001)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in kernel/bpf/syscall.c in Linux kernel ebpf. A local user can exploit the race between bpf_map_update_elem and bpf_map_freeze and modify the frozen mapped address space.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.