Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2021-43267
Published: November 17, 2021 / Updated: October 23, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU58209
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43267
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in net/tipc/crypto.c in the Linux kernel. The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) functionality allows remote attackers to exploit insufficient validation of user-supplied sizes for the MSG_CRYPTO message type.
A remote attacker can send specially crafted MSG_CRYPTO messages to the affected system, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-43267
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa40d9734a57bcbfa79a280189799f76c88f7bb0
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.14.16
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RDDEW4APTYKJK365HC2JZIVXYUV7ZRN7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVWL7HZV5T5OEKJPO2D67RMFMKBBXGGB/