7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-2021-41073

Published: 19/09/2021 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 642
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

loop_rw_iter in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel 5.10 up to and including 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.

Vulnerability Trend

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debian debian linux 10.0

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fedoraproject fedora 34

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Vendor Advisories

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks CVE-2020-3702 A flaw was found in the driver for Atheros IEEE 80211n family of chipsets (ath9k) allowing information disclosure CVE-2020-16119 Hadar Manor reported a use-after-free in the D ...
A flaw was found in loop_rw_iter in fs/io_uringc in the Linux kernel This problem gives the ability to a local user with a normal user privilege to free a user-defined kernel space buffer ...
loop_rw_iter in fs/io_uringc in the Linux kernel through 5146 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/&lt;pid&gt;/maps for exploitation ...
ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-068 Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASLIVEPATCH-2021-068 Advisory Release Date: 2021-11-03 22:50 P ...
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel When reusing a socket with an attached dccps_hc_tx_ccid as a listener, the socket will be used after being released leading to denial of service (DoS) or a potential code execution The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability (CVE-2020-1611 ...
ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-067 Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASLIVEPATCH-2021-067 Advisory Release Date: 2021-11-03 22:49 P ...
ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-066 Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASLIVEPATCH-2021-066 Advisory Release Date: 2021-11-03 22:49 P ...
ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-065 Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASLIVEPATCH-2021-065 Advisory Release Date: 2021-11-03 22:48 P ...

Mailing Lists

<!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> oss-sec mailing list archives <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> By Date By Thread </form> <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> Linux Kernel: Exploitable vulnerability in io_uring <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> From: Valentina Pal ...

Github Repositories

Assets used in lecture "手を動かして理解するLinux Kernel Exploit" at SecurityCamp2023.

SecurityCamp2023 Assets This repository provides the assets used in SecurityCamp2023 "C2 手を動かして理解するLinux Kernel Exploit" lecture Security Camp 2023 At Security Camp 2023 organized mainly by IPA, we learned the basics of userland/kernel exploit This repository hosts all the assets used during the lecture I had This lecture was centered on CVE-202

Linux_LPE_io_uring_CVE-2021-41073 LPE exploit for CVE-2021-41073 io_uring type confusion vulnerability Checkout the writeup Put an io_uring on it: Exploiting the Linux Kernel author: @chompie1337 For educational/research purposes only Not for use on testing or security evaulations To build (requires liburing): gcc -o hello helloc -Wall -std=gnu99 `pkg-config fuse --cflags