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CVE-2021-4037

Date: August 23, 2022

A vulnerability was found in the fs/inode.c:inode_init_owner() function logic of the LInux kernel that allows local users to create files for the XFS file-system with an unintended group ownership and with group execution and SGID permission bits set, in a scenario where a directory is SGID and belongs to a certain group and is writable by a user who is not a member of this group. This can lead to excessive permissions granted in case when they should not. This vulnerability is similar to the previous CVE-2018-13405 and adds the missed fix for the XFS.

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Related Resources (11)

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-4037
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0fa3ecd87848
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4037
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2027239
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2004810
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=01ea173e103e
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4037
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4037
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-4037

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

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