CVE-2021-3573

Public on 2021-07-14
Modified on 2021-07-15
Description
A flaw use-after-free in function hci_sock_bound_ioctl() of the Linux kernel HCI subsystem was found in the way user calls ioct HCIUNBLOCKADDR or other way triggers race condition of the call hci_unregister_dev() together with one of the calls hci_sock_blacklist_add(), hci_sock_blacklist_del(), hci_get_conn_info(), hci_get_auth_info(). A privileged local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.7
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2021-07-14 ALAS2-2021-1685 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2022-01-20 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-002 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-01-12 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-004 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H