Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-4197  

An unprivileged write to the file handler flaw in the Linux kernel's control groups and namespaces subsystem was found in the way users have access to some less privileged process that are controlled by cgroups and have higher privileged parent process. It is actually both for cgroup2 and cgroup1 versions of control groups. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

Severity High

Remote Unknown

Type Unknown

Description

An unprivileged write to the file handler flaw in the Linux kernel's control groups and namespaces subsystem was found in the way users have access to some less privileged process that are controlled by cgroups and have higher privileged parent process. It is actually both for cgroup2 and cgroup1 versions of control groups. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

AVG-2701 linux-lts 5.15.14-1 High Vulnerable

AVG-2700 linux-hardened 5.16.20.hardened1-1 5.17.5.hardened1-1 High Fixed

AVG-2699 linux-zen 5.17.2.zen3-1 5.17.3.zen1-1 High Fixed

AVG-2698 linux 5.17.2.arch4-1 5.17.3.arch4-1 High Fixed

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211209214707.805617-1-tj@kernel.org/T/

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