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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 21, 2022· Updated Aug 3, 2024

CVE-2021-4001

CVE-2021-4001

Description

A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's ebpf verifier between bpf_map_update_elem and bpf_map_freeze due to a missing lock in kernel/bpf/syscall.c. In this flaw, a local user with a special privilege (cap_sys_admin or cap_bpf) can modify the frozen mapped address space. This flaw affects kernel versions prior to 5.16 rc2.

Affected products

126

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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