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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-3609: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-3057)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-3609: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-3057)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/03/2022
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

.A flaw was found in the CAN BCM networking protocol in the Linux kernel, where a local attacker can abuse a flaw in the CAN subsystem to corrupt memory, crash the system or escalate privileges. This race condition in net/can/bcm.c in the Linux kernel allows for local privilege escalation to root.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel

References

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