CVE-2021-26708

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-26708
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-05 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-09 13:57:00 UTC
DescriptionA local privilege escalation was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.10.13. Multiple race conditions in the AF_VSOCK implementation are caused by wrong locking in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c. The race conditions were implicitly introduced in the commits that added VSOCK multi-transport support.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-667

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Hardware Netapp 500f - All All All
Hardware Netapp A250 - All All All
Application Netapp Aff Baseboard Management Controller - All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller 500f - All All All
Operating System Netapp Baseboard Management Controller 500f Firmware All All All All
Hardware Netapp Baseboard Management Controller A250 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Baseboard Management Controller A250 Firmware All All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Netapp Fas Baseboard Management Controller - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci H410c - All All All
Operating System Netapp Hci H410c Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Hci Management Node - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2022-0185: Linux kernel slab out-of-bounds write: exploit and writeup MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Linux kernel: Exploitable vulnerabilities in AF_VSOCK implementation MLIST www.openwall.com
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.13 MISC cdn.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE-2021-26708 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
oss-security - Linux kernel: Exploitable vulnerabilities in AF_VSOCK implementation MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: Linux kernel: Exploitable vulnerabilities in AF_VSOCK implementation MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159144 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2021-1093)
  • 179903 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-26708)
  • 239202 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:1093)
  • 239204 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:1081)
  • 900098 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 902961 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3879)
  • 940387 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2021:1093)
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