CVE-2021-41073

high

Description

loop_rw_iter in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel 5.10 through 5.14.6 allows local users to gain privileges by using IORING_OP_PROVIDE_BUFFERS to trigger a free of a kernel buffer, as demonstrated by using /proc/<pid>/maps for exploitation.

References

Advisories
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https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4978

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211014-0003/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PAP4TXEZ7J4EZQMQW5SIJMWXG7WZT3F7/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J7KSMIOQ4377CVTHMWNGNCWHMCRFRP2T/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/04/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/18/2

https://github.com/WhatsWrongAndWhy/CVE-2021-41073

https://github.com/thelo4tpe0ple/fuckCVE

https://github.com/peiwithhao/Hacker-University-of-peiwithhao

https://github.com/star-sg/CVE

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=16c8d2df7ec0eed31b7d3b61cb13206a7fb930cc

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-19

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

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