CVE-2021-41073

Published Sep 19, 2021

Last updated a year ago

Modified

Description

loop_rw_iter in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel 5.10 through 5.14.6 allows local users to gain privileges by using IORING_OP_PROVIDE_BUFFERS to trigger a free of a kernel buffer, as demonstrated by using /proc/<pid>/maps for exploitation.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Primary
7.8
5.9
1.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Primary
7.2
10
3.9
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

CWE-763

Source

cve@mitre.org

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