vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-3609: ELSA-2021-3057: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 19, 2021
Added
Aug 12, 2021
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

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.
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.

Solutions

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