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CVE-2021-4197Date: (C)2022-02-08   (M)2024-05-28


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 Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -

CVSS V3 Severity:CVSS V2 Severity:
CVSS Score : 7.8CVSS Score : 7.2
Exploit Score: 1.8Exploit Score: 3.9
Impact Score: 5.9Impact Score: 10.0
 
CVSS V3 Metrics:CVSS V2 Metrics:
Attack Vector: LOCALAccess Vector: LOCAL
Attack Complexity: LOWAccess Complexity: LOW
Privileges Required: LOWAuthentication: NONE
User Interaction: NONEConfidentiality: COMPLETE
Scope: UNCHANGEDIntegrity: COMPLETE
Confidentiality: HIGHAvailability: COMPLETE
Integrity: HIGH 
Availability: HIGH 
  
Reference:
DSA-5127
DSA-5173
N/A
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2035652
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211209214707.805617-1-tj%40kernel.org/T/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220602-0006/

CPE    1
cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel
CWE    1
CWE-287
OVAL    38
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:608638
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:88371
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:1700863
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:707631
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