CVE-2021-4197 — Improper Authentication in Kernel
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV7.0OSV6.5OSV4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 23
Latest updateOct 25
Description
An unprivileged write to the file handler flaw in the Linux kernel's control groups and namespaces subsystem was found in the way users have access to some less privileged process that are controlled by cgroups and have higher privileged parent process. It is actually both for cgroup2 and cgroup1 versions of control groups. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages8 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0
🔴Vulnerability Details
10OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-dell300x, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities↗2022-07-13