CVE-2021-29647

medium

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. qrtr_recvmsg in net/qrtr/qrtr.c allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory because of a partially uninitialized data structure, aka CID-50535249f624.

References

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.11

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=50535249f624d0072cd885bcdce4e4b6fb770160

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WKRNELXLVFDY6Y5XDMWLIH3VKIMQXLLR/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RZGMUP6QEHJJEKPMLKOSPWYMW7PXFC2M/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VTADK5ELGTATGW2RK3K5MBJ2WGYCPZCM/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2021-03-30

Updated: 2022-07-12

Type: CWE-909

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: LOW

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: MEDIUM