Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel - CVE-2021-42327

 

Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel - CVE-2021-42327

Published: June 20, 2024 / Updated: July 5, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU92411
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4 BT: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-42327
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds write error. A local privileged user can execute arbitrary code.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Real Time Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_58-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_16-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_58-rt-debuginfo
kernel-devel
kernel
perf-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-tools
python3-perf
kernel-tools-devel
perf
kernel-tools-debuginfo
python3-perf-debuginfo
linux-image-5.11.0-1028-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.11.0-1028-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.11.0-1029-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.13.0-28-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.13.0-28-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.13.0-28-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.13.0-28-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.13.0-1010-intel (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.13.0-1011-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.13.0-1012-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.13.0-1013-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.13.0-1016-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.13.0-1016-raspi-nolpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.13.0-1016-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi-nolpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.13.0-1029-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.14.0-1008-oem (Ubuntu package)
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-source-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
cluster-md-kmp-rt
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-vdso
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
linux-image-intel (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2021-42327

Install update from vendor's repository.

kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_58-rt - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_16-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_58-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.78.0.158, 5.10.0-202.0.0.115
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.78.0.158, 5.10.0-202.0.0.115
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.78.0.158, 5.10.0-202.0.0.115
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.78.0.158, 5.10.0-202.0.0.115
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.78.0.158, 5.10.0-202.0.0.115
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.78.0.158, 5.10.0-202.0.0.115
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.78.0.158, 5.10.0-202.0.0.115
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.78.0.158, 5.10.0-202.0.0.115
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.78.0.158, 5.10.0-202.0.0.115
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.78.0.158, 5.10.0-202.0.0.115
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.78.0.158, 5.10.0-202.0.0.115
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.78.0.158, 5.10.0-202.0.0.115
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.78.0.158, 5.10.0-202.0.0.115
linux-image-5.11.0-1028-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.11.0-1028.31~20.04.1
linux-image-5.11.0-1028-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.11.0-1028.31~20.04.2
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.11.0.1028.31~20.04.20, 5.13.0.1016.16
linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.11.0.1028.31~20.04.26
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.11.0.1028.31~20.04.26, 5.13.0.1012.13
linux-image-5.11.0-1029-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.11.0-1029.33~20.04.3
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.11.0.1029.33~20.04.27, 5.13.0.1013.12
linux-image-5.13.0-28-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0-28.31~20.04.1
linux-image-5.13.0-28-generic (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0-28.31~20.04.1
linux-image-5.13.0-28-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0-28.31~20.04.1
linux-image-5.13.0-28-generic-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0-28.31~20.04.1
linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.28.31~20.04.15
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.28.31~20.04.15
linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.28.31~20.04.15
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.28.31~20.04.15
linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.28.31~20.04.15
linux-image-oem-20.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.28.38
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.28.38
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.28.38
linux-image-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.28.38
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.28.38
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.28.38
linux-image-5.13.0-1010-intel (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0-1010.10
linux-image-intel (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.1010.11
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.1011.11
linux-image-5.13.0-1011-kvm (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0-1011.12
linux-image-5.13.0-1012-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0-1012.13
linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.1013.12
linux-image-5.13.0-1013-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0-1013.16
linux-image-5.13.0-1016-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0-1016.18
linux-image-5.13.0-1016-raspi-nolpae (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0-1016.18
linux-image-5.13.0-1016-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0-1016.20
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.1016.21
linux-image-raspi-nolpae (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.1016.21
linux-image-oem-20.04c (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0.1029.31
linux-image-5.13.0-1029-oem (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.13.0-1029.36
linux-image-oem-20.04d (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.14.0.1008.8
linux-image-5.14.0-1008-oem (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.14.0-1008.8
kernel - update to 5.14.16-301.fc35
kernel-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.106.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.106.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.106.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-source-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.106.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1

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