Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-43057 - Use After Free vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.14.8. A use-after-free in selinux_ptrace_traceme (aka the SELinux handler for PTRACE_TRACEME) could be used by local attackers to cause memory corruption and escalate privileges, aka CID-a3727a8bac0a. This occurs because of an attempt to access the subjective credentials of another task.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2229
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.14.8
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a3727a8bac0a9e77c70820655fd8715523ba3db7
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211125-0001/