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CVE-2021-33033: Use After Free

First published: Thu Mar 04 2021(Updated: )

A flaw use-after-free in the Linux kernel CIPSO network packet labeling protocol functionality was found in the way user open local network connection with the usage of the security labeling that is IP option number 134. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or possibly escalate their privileges on the system.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
redhat/kernel-rt<0:3.10.0-1160.36.2.rt56.1179.el7
0:3.10.0-1160.36.2.rt56.1179.el7
redhat/kernel<0:3.10.0-1160.36.2.el7
0:3.10.0-1160.36.2.el7
redhat/kernel-rt<0:4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8
0:4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8
redhat/kernel<0:4.18.0-348.el8
0:4.18.0-348.el8
Linux Linux kernel<5.11.14
redhat/Kernel<5.12
5.12
IBM DRM<=2.0.6
debian/linux
5.10.223-1
5.10.226-1
6.1.115-1
6.1.112-1
6.11.7-1
6.11.9-1

Remedy

The mitigation would be not allowing CIPSO labeling for the inbound network connections. For the most of the default configurations both for network routers and for the Linux servers itself it is disabled by default.

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