CVE-2021-43057 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.14.8. A use-after-free in selinux_ptrace_traceme (aka the SELinux handler for PTRACE_TRACEME) could be used by local attackers to cause memory corruption and escalate privileges aka CID-a3727a8bac0a. This occurs because of an attempt to access the subjective credentials of another task.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2229 https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.14.8 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a3727a8bac0a9e77c70820655fd8715523ba3db7 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211125-0001/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8