High severity · published Feb 4, 2022
CVE-2021-4154
A use-after-free flaw was found in cgroup1_parse_param in kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c in the Linux kernel's cgroup v1 parser
8.8
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in cgroup1_parse_param in kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c in the Linux kernel's cgroup v1 parser. A local attacker with a user privilege could cause a privilege escalation by exploiting the fsconfig syscall parameter leading to a container breakout and a denial of service on the system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.1 before 5.4.134; 5.5 before 5.10.52; 5.11 before 5.12.19; 5.13 before 5.13.4; 5.14 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0 · source: NVD
HB
Hci Baseboard Management Controller · Netapp
h300e; h300s; h410s; h500e; h500s; h700e; +1 more · source: NVD
VI
Virtualization · Redhat
4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4154
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4154
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2034514
Third Party Advisory
https://cloud.google.com/anthos/clusters/docs/security-bulletins#gcp-2022-002
Mailing List
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3b0462726e7ef281c35a7a4ae33e93ee2bc9975b
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220225-0004/
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