CVE-2021-4197

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 35
Modified
Published: 23 Mar 2022, 19:46
Last modified:03 Aug 2024, 17:16

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.02% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Mar 2022, 19:46
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Aug 2024, 17:16
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An unprivileged write to the file handler flaw in the Linux kernel's control groups and namespaces subsystem was found in the way users have access to some less privileged process that are controlled by cgroups and have higher privileged parent process. It is actually both for cgroup2 and cgroup1 versions of control groups. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1HIGHScore: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0HIGHScore: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.02% Percentile: 4%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-287Improper Authentication

    When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Systems

  • broadcombrocade_fabric_operating_system

    na

  • debiandebian_linux

    10.0

  • linuxlinux_kernel

    ≥ 4.2, < 4.14.276 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.238 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.189 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.111 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.14

  • netapph300s_firmware

    na

  • netapph410c_firmware

    na

  • netapph410s_firmware

    na

  • netapph500s_firmware

    na

  • netapph700s_firmware

    na

  • oraclecommunications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_function

    22.1.1 | 22.1.3 | 22.2.0

References (6)