vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2021-4083: check that the fd still exists after getting a ref to it (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2022-01-18
Added
2022-03-11
Modified
2024-11-26

Description

A read-after-free memory flaw was found in the Linux kernel's garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers in the way users call close() and fget() simultaneously and can potentially trigger a race condition. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system. This flaw affects Linux kernel versions prior to 5.16-rc4.

Solution(s)

redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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