Race Condition Affecting kernel-abi-stablelists package, versions <0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5
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- published 3 Feb 2023
- disclosed 18 Feb 2022
Introduced: 18 Feb 2022
CVE-2021-20321 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-abi-stablelists to version 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:5227.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-abi-stablelists package and not the kernel-abi-stablelists package as distributed by Rocky-Linux.
See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
A race condition accessing file object in the Linux kernel OverlayFS subsystem was found in the way users do rename in specific way with OverlayFS. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20321
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2013242
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211011134508.748956131@linuxfoundation.org/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211011134508.748956131%40linuxfoundation.org/