Incorrect Default Permissions The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package kexec-tools (opens in a new tab)
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- published12 Mar 2021
- disclosed10 Mar 2022
Introduced: 12 Mar 2021
CVE-2021-20269 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:9.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kexec-tools package and not the kexec-tools package as distributed by Debian.
A flaw was found in the permissions of a log file created by kexec-tools. This flaw allows a local unprivileged user to read this file and leak kernel internal information from a previous panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. This flaw affects kexec-tools shipped by Fedora versions prior to 2.0.21-8 and RHEL versions prior to 2.0.20-47.