High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Feb 5, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-26708
CVE-2021-26708
Description
A local privilege escalation was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.10.13. Multiple race conditions in the AF_VSOCK implementation are caused by wrong locking in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c. The race conditions were implicitly introduced in the commits that added VSOCK multi-transport support.
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Affected products
14- Linux/Linux kerneldescription
- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:aff_baseboard_management_controller:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:fas_baseboard_management_controller:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_baseboard_management_controller:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:baseboard_management_controller_500f_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <15.3
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:baseboard_management_controller_a250_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <15.3
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:hci_h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-abi-whitelistspkg:rpm/almalinux/kernel-tools-libs-develpkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3
- (no CPE)range: < 5.14.6-1.4
Patches
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References
7- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/05/6nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0008/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/5nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.13nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/09/2nvdMailing List
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/25/14nvdMailing List
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