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kernel CVE-2021-4037

Moderate
rpkelly published GHSA-g3v4-8q9p-hjcc Jan 27, 2023

Package

kernel-5.10 (bottlerocket)

Affected versions

< 1.12.0

Patched versions

1.12.0

Description

A vulnerability was found in the fs/inode.c:inode_init_owner() function logic of the LInux kernel that allows local users to create files for the XFS file-system with an unintended group ownership and with group execution and SGID permission bits set, in a scenario where a directory is SGID and belongs to a certain group and is writable by a user who is not a member of this group. This can lead to excessive permissions granted in case when they should not. This vulnerability is similar to the previous CVE-2018-13405 and adds the missed fix for the XFS.

Severity

Moderate

CVE ID

CVE-2021-4037

Weaknesses

No CWEs