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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2021-23134: kernel security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2021-23134: kernel security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/12/2021
Created
08/11/2021
Added
08/10/2021
Modified
08/10/2021

Description

Use After Free vulnerability in nfc sockets in the Linux Kernel before 5.12.4 allows local attackers to elevate their privileges. In typical configurations, the issue can only be triggered by a privileged local user with the CAP_NET_RAW capability.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-kernel
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-kernel-tools
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-python3-perf

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