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A 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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-tools-libs-develUpgrade kernel-abi-whitelists | May 4, 2022 | Feb 5, 2021 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-rt | Apr 8, 2021 | Feb 5, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 30, 2024 | Feb 5, 2021 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Apr 8, 2021 | Feb 5, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-rt | Apr 8, 2021 | Feb 5, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-5.6.0-1047-oemUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-43-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1022-azureUpgrade linux-image-raspi-nolpaeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-43-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1022-gcpUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1023-awsUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-43-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1015-raspiUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-20.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1018-kvmUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-43-genericUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1020-oracleUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1015-raspi-nolpae | Feb 10, 2021 | Feb 5, 2021 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Feb 5, 2021 |
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