CVE-2021-3640
HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.4%
A flaw use-after-free in function sco_sock_sendmsg() of the Linux kernel HCI subsystem was found in the way user calls ioct UFFDIO_REGISTER or other way triggers race condition of the call sco_conn_del() together with the call sco_sock_sendmsg() with the expected controllable faulting memory page. A privileged local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.
- Affected
- kernel
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 29th percentile
- Published
- 2022-03-03
- Updated
- 2024-08-03
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/net/bluetooth/s…
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1980646
- torvalds/linux/commit/99c23da0eed4fd20cae8243f2b51e10e66aa0951
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0003
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3640
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096