CVE-2021-4002

kernel: possible leak or coruption of data residing on hugetlbfs

Severity Score

4.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A memory leak flaw in the Linux kernel's hugetlbfs memory usage was found in the way the user maps some regions of memory twice using shmget() which are aligned to PUD alignment with the fault of some of the memory pages. A local user could use this flaw to get unauthorized access to some data.

Se encontró un fallo de pérdida de memoria en el uso de memoria hugetlbfs del kernel de Linux en la forma en que el usuario mapea algunas regiones de memoria dos veces usando shmget() que están alineadas a la alineación PUD con el fallo de algunas de las páginas de memoria. Un usuario local podría usar este fallo para conseguir acceso no autorizado a algunos datos

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-11-22 CVE Reserved
2022-01-06 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CWE-459: Incomplete Cleanup

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/25/1	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=13e4ad2ce8df6e058ef482a31fdd81c725b0f7ea	2023-02-22
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4a118f2eead1d6c49e00765de89878288d4b890	2023-02-22
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html	2023-02-22

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025726	2022-05-10
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096	2023-02-22
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4002	2022-05-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				< 5.16 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 5.16"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				5.16 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "5.16"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				5.16 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "5.16"		rc1		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				5.16 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "5.16"		rc2		Affected
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"		-		Affected
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"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				35 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "35"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function"				22.1.3 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function" and version "22.1.3"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Communications Cloud Native Core Network Exposure Function Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Communications Cloud Native Core Network Exposure Function"				22.1.1 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Communications Cloud Native Core Network Exposure Function" and version "22.1.1"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Communications Cloud Native Core Policy Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Communications Cloud Native Core Policy"				22.2.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Communications Cloud Native Core Policy" and version "22.2.0"		-		Affected