CVE-2021-43395: Medium severity illumos vulnerability

Published Dec 26, 2022
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Updated

An issue was discovered in illumos before f859e7171bb5db34321e45585839c6c3200ebb90, OmniOS Community Edition r151038, OpenIndiana Hipster 2021.04, and SmartOS 20210923. A local unprivileged user can cause a deadlock and kernel panic via crafted rename and rmdir calls on tmpfs filesystems. Oracle Solaris 10 and 11 is also affected.

Affected Software

6 affected components
illumos Illumos<2022-01-18
Omniosce Omnios=r151038
OpenIndiana OpenIndiana=hipster_2021.04
Joyent SmartOS=20210923
Oracle Solaris=10
Oracle Solaris=11

Event History

Dec 26, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·06:15 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this issue?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2021-43395.

2

What is the severity level of CVE-2021-43395?

The severity level of CVE-2021-43395 is medium with a score of 5.5.

3

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2021-43395?

CVE-2021-43395 affects illumos before f859e7171bb5db34321e45585839c6c3200ebb90, OmniOS Community Edition r151038, OpenIndiana Hipster 2021.04, and SmartOS 20210923.

4

How can a local unprivileged user exploit CVE-2021-43395?

A local unprivileged user can cause a deadlock and kernel panic by crafting rename and rmdir calls on tmpfs filesystems.

5

Are there any references or resources available for CVE-2021-43395?

Yes, you can find more information about CVE-2021-43395 at the following links: [http://www.tribblix.org/relnotes.html](http://www.tribblix.org/relnotes.html), [https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/069654420de4aade43c63c43cd2896e66945fc8a/usr/src/uts/common/fs/tmpfs/tmp_vnops.c](https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/069654420de4aade43c63c43cd2896e66945fc8a/usr/src/uts/common/fs/tmpfs/tmp_vnops.c), [https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/b3403853e80914bd0aade9b5b605da4878078173/usr/src/uts/common/fs/tmpfs/tmp_dir.c](https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/b3403853e80914bd0aade9b5b605da4878078173/usr/src/uts/common/fs/tmpfs/tmp_dir.c)

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