ghsa-6g4v-3wmh-w3jg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 19:08
Modified
2022-08-11 00:00
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

fs/seq_file.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.13.x before 5.13.4 does not properly restrict seq buffer allocations, leading to an integer overflow, an Out-of-bounds Write, and escalation to root by an unprivileged user, aka CID-8cae8cd89f05.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-33909"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-120",
      "CWE-787"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-07-20T19:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "fs/seq_file.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.13.x before 5.13.4 does not properly restrict seq buffer allocations, leading to an integer overflow, an Out-of-bounds Write, and escalation to root by an unprivileged user, aka CID-8cae8cd89f05.",
  "id": "GHSA-6g4v-3wmh-w3jg",
  "modified": "2022-08-11T00:00:28Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:08:26Z",
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      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00014.html"
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}


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