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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-41073): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-41073): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/19/2021
Created
09/30/2021
Added
09/28/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

loop_rw_iter in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel 5.10 through 5.14.6 allows local users to gain privileges by using IORING_OP_PROVIDE_BUFFERS to trigger a free of a kernel buffer, as demonstrated by using /proc/<pid>/maps for exploitation.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-10-0-1049-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-11-0-1017-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-11-0-1017-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-11-0-1019-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-11-0-1019-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-11-0-1019-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-11-0-1019-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-11-0-1019-raspi-nolpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-11-0-1020-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-11-0-37-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-11-0-37-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-11-0-37-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-11-0-37-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-13-0-1014-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-edge
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04b
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04c
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi-nolpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-20-04

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