CVE-2021-27365

high

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.3. Certain iSCSI data structures do not have appropriate length constraints or checks, and can exceed the PAGE_SIZE value. An unprivileged user can send a Netlink message that is associated with iSCSI, and has a length up to the maximum length of a Netlink message.

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f9dbdf97a5bd92b1a49cee3d591b55b11fd7a6d5

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ec98ea7070e94cc25a422ec97d1421e28d97b7ee

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/06/1

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182715

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.html

https://blog.grimm-co.com/2021/03/new-old-bugs-in-linux-kernel.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00035.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162117/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0075-1.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210409-0001/

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2021-03-07

Updated: 2021-12-10

Type: CWE-787

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: HIGH