CVE-2021-4001

Public on 2022-01-06
Modified on 2022-01-06
Description
A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's ebpf verifier between bpf_map_update_elem and bpf_map_freeze due to a missing lock in kernel/bpf/syscall.c. In this flaw, a local user with a special privilege (cap_sys_admin or cap_bpf) can modify the frozen mapped address space.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.7
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2022-01-28 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-008 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2024-02-05 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2024-049 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-01-28 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-010 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2025-02-04 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-093 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 4.7 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N