CVE-2021-20321
kernel: In Overlayfs missing a check for a negative dentry before calling vfs_rename()
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0Exploited in Wild
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Descriptions
A race condition accessing file object in the Linux kernel OverlayFS subsystem was found in the way users do rename in specific way with OverlayFS. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.
Se encontró una condición de carrera al acceder a un objeto de archivo en el subsistema OverlayFS del kernel de Linux en la forma en que usuarios hacen el cambio de nombre de manera específica con OverlayFS. Un usuario local podría usar este fallo para bloquear el sistema
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.3.6 images Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes provides the capabilities to address common challenges that administrators and site reliability engineers face as they work across a range of public and private cloud environments. Clusters and applications are all visible and managed from a single console—with security policy built in. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. Issues addressed include an information leakage vulnerability.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2020-12-17 CVE Reserved
- 2021-12-21 CVE Published
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-19 EPSS Updated
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CWE
- CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CAPEC
References (5)
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html | Mailing List |
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https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211011134508.748956131%40linuxfoundation.org | X_refsource_misc |
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2013242 | 2021-12-21 | |
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096 | 2023-11-07 | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20321 | 2021-12-21 |
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Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "7.0" | - |
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Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0" | - |
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Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0" | - |
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