CVE-2021-33909
HIGH 7.8EPSS 9.7%
fs/seq_file.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.13.x before 5.13.4 does not properly restrict seq buffer allocations, leading to an integer overflow, an Out-of-bounds Write, and escalation to root by an unprivileged user, aka CID-8cae8cd89f05.
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 9.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 95th percentile
- Published
- 2021-07-20
- Updated
- 2024-08-04
Proof-of-concept exploits (7)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163621/Sequoia-A-Deep-Root-In-Linuxs-Filesystem-Laye…
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/1
- ChoKyuWon/exploit_articles2★ · 2021-07-30
- ChrisTheCoolHut/CVE-2021-3390944★ · 2021-09-02
- Liang2580/CVE-2021-3390977★ · 2021-07-20
- baerwolf/cve-2021-339096★ · 2021-07-25
- bbinfosec43/CVE-2021-339095★ · 2021-07-26
Security advisories
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.4
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163671/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0079-1…
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164155/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0081-1…
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165477/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0083-1…
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/22/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/25/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1
- torvalds/linux/commit/8cae8cd89f05f6de223d63e6d15e31c8ba9cf53b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00014.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00015.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00016.html
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2022-0015
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0004
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4941
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html