Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-45868 - Use After Free vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel before 5.15.3, fs/quota/quota_tree.c does not validate the block number in the quota tree (on disk). This can, for example, lead to a kernel/locking/rwsem.c use-after-free if there is a corrupted quota file.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214655
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214655
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.3
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.3
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9bf3d20331295b1ecb81f4ed9ef358c51699a050
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9bf3d20331295b1ecb81f4ed9ef358c51699a050
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0003/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0003/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/17/1
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/17/1
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/17/2
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/17/2