CVE-2021-3609
.A flaw was found in the CAN BCM networking protocol in the Linux kernel, where a local attacker can abuse a flaw in the CAN subsystem to corrupt memory, crash the system or escalate privileges. This race condition in net/can/bcm.c in the Linux kernel allows for local privilege escalation to root.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1 explicit affected versions
683 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
.A flaw was found in the CAN BCM networking protocol in the Linux kernel, where a local attacker can abuse a flaw in the CAN subsystem to corrupt memory, crash the system or escalate privileges. This race condition in net/can/bcm.c in the Linux kernel allows for local privilege escalation to root.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/b52e0cf0bfc1e
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2022-08-01
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1971651
- https://github.com/nrb547/kernel-exploitation/blob/main/cve-2021-3609/cve-2021-3609.md
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d5f9023fa61ee8b94f37a93f08e94b136cf1e463
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0004/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/19/1