CVE-2021-4155

A data leak flaw was found in the way XFS_IOC_ALLOCSP IOCTL in the XFS filesystem allowed for size increase of files with unaligned size. A local attacker could use this flaw to leak data on the XFS filesystem otherwise not accessible to them.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4155	Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2034813	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=983d8e60f50806f90534cc5373d0ce867e5aaf79	Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4155	Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/10/1	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2022-08-24 16:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 19:29

NVD link : CVE-2021-4155

Mitre link : CVE-2021-4155

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-4155

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-131

Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

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