CVE-2021-4203

Summary

CVECVE-2021-4203
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-25 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:40:00 UTC
DescriptionA use-after-free read flaw was found in sock_getsockopt() in net/core/sock.c due to SO_PEERCRED and SO_PEERGROUPS race with listen() (and connect()) in the Linux kernel. In this flaw, an attacker with a user privileges may crash the system or leak internal kernel information.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 - All All
Application Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc1 All All
Application Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc2 All All
Application Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.15 rc3 All All
Hardware Netapp A700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp A700s Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All
Operating System Netapp Bootstrap Os - All All All
Application Netapp E-series Santricity Os Controller All All All All
Application Netapp Element Software - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Compute Node - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function 22.1.3 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Exposure Function 22.1.1 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy 22.2.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[PATCH net] af_unix: fix races in sk_peer_pid and sk_peer_cred accesses lore.kernel.org
kernel/git/netdev/net.git - Netdev Group's networking tree MISC git.kernel.org
[PATCH net] af_unix: fix races in sk_peer_pid and sk_peer_cred accesses MISC lore.kernel.org
CVE-2021-4203 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
2230 - project-zero - Project Zero - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org
2036934 – (CVE-2021-4203) CVE-2021-4203 kernel: Race condition in races in sk_peer_pid and sk_peer_cred accesses MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022 N/A www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159777 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9348)
  • 159825 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2022-1988)
  • 179117 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5096-1)
  • 179119 Debian Security Update for linux-4.19 (DLA 2941-1)
  • 179819 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-4203)
  • 199560 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (AWS) Vulnerabilities (USN-6001-1)
  • 199568 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (AWS) Vulnerabilities (USN-6013-1)
  • 199577 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6014-1)
  • 240275 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:1975)
  • 240298 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2022:1988)
  • 240544 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:5633)
  • 240545 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2022:5626)
  • 353242 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAC2012-2022-036
  • 353243 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5 : ALAC2012-2022-037
  • 353244 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc : ALAC2012-2022-038
  • 377053 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2022:0028)
  • 390261 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2022-0014)
  • 671448 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1450)
  • 671474 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1429)
  • 671505 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1489)
  • 671535 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1508)
  • 671862 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1896)
  • 752584 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3265-1)
  • 752589 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3264-1)
  • 752591 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3274-1)
  • 752592 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3282-1)
  • 752596 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3291-1)
  • 752615 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3408-1)
  • 752632 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3450-1)
  • 753370 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3609-1)
  • 753374 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3809-1)
  • 753745 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0634-1)
  • 753807 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0768-1)
  • 753832 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0852-1)
  • 753914 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:1848-1)
  • 754023 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2232-1)
  • 900806 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9266)
  • 901305 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9266-1)
  • 906130 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (9266-2)
  • 940517 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2022:1988)
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