CVE-2021-4002

kernel: possible leak or coruption of data residing on hugetlbfs

Published Mar 3, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 4.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A memory leak flaw in the Linux kernel's hugetlbfs memory usage was found in the way the user maps some regions of memory twice using shmget() which are aligned to PUD alignment with the fault of some of the memory pages. A local user could use this flaw to get unauthorized access to some data.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2940-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2941-1 linux-4.19 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5096-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-33909 A memory leak flaw in the Linux kernel's hugetlbfs memory usage was found in the way the user maps some regions of memory twice using shmget() which are aligned to PUD alignment with the fault of some of the memory pages. A local user could use this flaw to get unauthorized access to some data.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5206-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5207-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5208-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5209-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5210-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5211-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5218-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
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