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
CVSS v3 Base Score
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 |