Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: use after free via do_epoll_ctl
March 2021 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Android OS, Linux, openSUSE Leap, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, denial of service on
server.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 13/01/2021.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force the usage of a freed memory area via
do_epoll_ctl() of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a denial
of service, and possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-use-after-free-via-do-epoll-ctl-34302