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LIN1021-2080 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2021-4001

Created: Nov 24, 2021    Updated: Feb 13, 2022
Resolved Date: Dec 20, 2021
Found In Version: 10.21.20.1
Fix Version: 10.21.20.8
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 21
Component/s: Kernel

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. This flaw affects kernel versions prior to 5.16 rc2.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4001

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