Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: buffer overflow via __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_getsockopt
April 2021 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora, Linux, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, denial of service on
server.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 15/02/2021.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via
__cgroup_bpf_run_filter_getsockopt() of the Linux kernel, in order
to trigger a denial of service, and possibly to run code.
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