CVE-2021-3609
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 3, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 18, 2021
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
kerneln/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1971651
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/19/1
- https://github.com/nrb547/kernel-exploitation/blob/main/cve-2021-3609/cve-2021-3609.md
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d5f9023fa61ee8b94f37a93f08e94b136cf1e463
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0004/
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