CVE-2021-3640 Information

Description

A flaw use-after-free in function sco_sock_sendmsg() of the Linux kernel HCI subsystem was found in the way user calls ioct UFFDIO_REGISTER or other way triggers race condition of the call sco_conn_del() together with the call sco_sock_sendmsg() with the expected controllable faulting memory page. A privileged local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/99c23da0eed4fd20cae8243f2b51e10e66aa0951 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1980646 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/net/bluetooth/sco.c?h=v5.16&id=99c23da0eed4fd20cae8243f2b51e10e66aa0951 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/22/1 https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3640 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0003/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.0