CVE-2021-45868
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2022-03-18 | |
| Impact: | None | What is this? |
Description
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.
See more information about CVE-2021-45868 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 5.5 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Version: | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | None |
| User Interaction: | Required |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2022-9348 | 2022-05-03 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2022-9348 | 2022-05-03 |
| Oracle VM version 3 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2022-0014 | 2022-05-03 |
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