CVE-2021-33909

Summary

CVECVE-2021-33909
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-07-20 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:35:00 UTC
Descriptionfs/seq_file.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.13.x before 5.13.4 does not properly restrict seq buffer allocations, leading to an integer overflow, an Out-of-bounds Write, and escalation to root by an unprivileged user, aka CID-8cae8cd89f05.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787 | CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Netapp Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 8.2 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 8.3 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 8.4 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 9.0 All All All
Hardware Sonicwall Sma1000 - All All All
Operating System Sonicwall Sma1000 Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Sequoia: A Deep Root In Linux's Filesystem Layer ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2713-2] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2713-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2021-33909: size_t-to-int vulnerability in Linux's filesystem layer MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros list MLIST www.openwall.com
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0081-1 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
oss-security - Re: Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros list MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE-2021-33909 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: kernel-5.13.4-200.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0079-1 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE-2021-33909: size_t-to-int vulnerability in Linux's filesystem layer MLIST www.openwall.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
oss-security - CVE-2021-33909: size_t-to-int vulnerability in Linux's filesystem layer MISC www.openwall.com
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0083-1 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4941-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
seq_file: disallow extremely large seq buffer allocations · torvalds/linux@8cae8cd · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2714-1] linux-4.19 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: kernel-5.13.4-200.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Advisory CONFIRM psirt.global.sonicwall.com
oss-security - Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros list MLIST www.openwall.com
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.4 CONFIRM cdn.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159308 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2021-2714)
  • 159310 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2021-2725)
  • 159315 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9368)
  • 159316 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9369)
  • 159317 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9370)
  • 159318 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9371)
  • 159319 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9372)
  • 159322 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2021-9374)
  • 159332 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9395)
  • 159338 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9404)
  • 159339 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9406)
  • 159340 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9407)
  • 159341 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9410)
  • 178710 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 4941-1)
  • 178712 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 2713-1)
  • 178713 Debian Security Update for linux-4.19 (DLA 2714-1)
  • 178714 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 2713-2)
  • 179494 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-33909)
  • 198435 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-5014-1) (Sequoia)
  • 198436 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-5015-1) (Sequoia)
  • 198437 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5016-1) (Sequoia)
  • 198438 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5017-1) (Sequoia)
  • 198459 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux, Linux-aws, Linux-aws-hwe, Linux-azure, Linux-azure-4.15, Linux-gcp, (USN-5018-1)
  • 239495 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2021:2727) (Sequoia)
  • 239497 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2021:2723) (Sequoia)
  • 239498 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:2722) (Sequoia)
  • 239500 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2021:2720) (Sequoia)
  • 239501 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:2719) (Sequoia)
  • 239502 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:2718) (Sequoia)
  • 239504 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2021:2716) (Sequoia)
  • 239505 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:2715) (Sequoia)
  • 239506 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:2714) (Sequoia)
  • 239520 Red Hat Update for OpenShift Container Platform 4.7.21 (RHSA-2021:2763)
  • 239521 Red Hat Update for kpatch-patch (RHSA-2021:2729)
  • 239522 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:2728)
  • 239523 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:2726)
  • 239524 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:2725)
  • 257100 CentOS Security Update for kernel (CESA-2021:2725)
  • 281734 Fedora Security Update for kernel (FEDORA-2021-07dc0b3eb1)
  • 352491 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAS-2021-1524
  • 352493 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-059
  • 352494 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-058
  • 352495 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-057
  • 352496 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-056
  • 352497 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel-livepatch: ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-055
  • 352500 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAS2-2021-1691
  • 352828 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAC2012-2021-027
  • 352829 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc: ALAC2012-2021-028
  • 352830 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5: ALAC2012-2021-029
  • 352831 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAC2012-2021-030
  • 352832 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc: ALAC2012-2021-031
  • 352833 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5: ALAC2012-2021-032
  • 353146 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-005
  • 353157 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-003
  • 375710 Linux Kernel Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Sequoia)
  • 390220 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2021-0025)
  • 390224 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2021-0023)
  • 610386 Google Android Devices December 2021 Security Patch Missing
  • 610391 Google Android January 2022 Security Patch Missing for Samsung
  • 610392 Google Android January 2022 Security Patch Missing for Huawei EMUI
  • 6140208 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-73f7-3962-2mrj)
  • 670707 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2465)
  • 670744 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2502)
  • 670949 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2570)
  • 671033 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2569)
  • 671047 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2588)
  • 730155 McAfee Web Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities(WP-3580, WP-3656, WP-3815, WP-3878, WP-3882, WP-3934,WP-3935, WP-3936, WP-3999)
  • 750844 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:2407-1)
  • 750847 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:2409-1)
  • 750848 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:2416-1)(Sequoia)
  • 750851 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:2415-1)(Sequoia)
  • 750864 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:2421-1)
  • 750868 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:2427-1)
  • 750869 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:2422-1)
  • 750877 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:2427-1)
  • 750880 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:2451-1)
  • 750887 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:1076-1)
  • 750899 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 36 for SLE 12 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2021:2538-1)
  • 751437 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3876-1)
  • 751441 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3876-1)
  • 900096 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.52.1
  • 900304 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.57.1
  • 900319 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
  • 901371 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6565-1)
  • 903049 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (4638)
  • 905954 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (4638-1)
  • 940164 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2021:2714)
  • 960070 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel (RLSA-2021:2714)
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