SB2022031040 - Debian update for linux
Published: March 10, 2022 Updated: September 19, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 52 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-29374)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the mm/gup.c and mm/huge_memory.c in Linux kernel. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.
2) Improper Resource Shutdown or Release (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36322)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists in the FUSE filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel due to fuse_do_getattr() calls make_bad_inode() in inappropriate situations. A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger kernel crash.
Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU58207 (CVE-2021-28950).
3) Improper Initialization (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20317)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper initialization the Linux kernel. A corrupted timer tree causes the task wakeup to be missing in the timerqueue_add function in lib/timerqueue.c. A local user can run a specially crafted application to crash the kernel.
4) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20321)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition when accessing file object in the Linux kernel OverlayFS subsystem. A local user can rename files in specific way with OverlayFS and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
5) Use of insufficiently random values (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20322)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing received ICMP errors. A remote attacker can effectively bypass the source port UDP randomization to gain access to sensitive information.
6) Double Free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22600)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the packet_set_ring() function in net/packet/af_packet.c. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger double free error and escalate privileges on the system.
Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild against Android users.
7) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28711)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper limits for number of events driver domains could send to other guest VMs. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
8) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28712)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper limits for number of events driver domains could send to other guest VMs. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
9) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28713)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper limits for number of events driver domains could send to other guest VMs. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
10) Improper Resource Shutdown or Release (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28714)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incoming data packets for a guest in the Linux kernel's netback driver are buffered until the guest is ready to process them. A remote user can use a UDP connection on a fast interface to trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
11) Improper Resource Shutdown or Release (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28715)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incoming data packets for a guest in the Linux kernel's netback driver are buffered until the guest is ready to process them. A remote user can use a UDP connection on a fast interface to trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
12) Excessive Iteration (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28950)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to excessive iteration in fs/fuse/fuse_i.h in the Linux kernel. A local user can run a specially crafted program to perform a denial of service attack.
13) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3640)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in sco_sock_sendmsg() function of the Linux kernel HCI subsystem. A privileged local user can call ioct UFFDIO_REGISTER or other way trigger race condition to escalate privileges on the system.
14) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3744)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd() function in drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c. A local user can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
15) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3752)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the Linux kernel’s Bluetooth subsystem when a user calls connect to the socket and disconnect simultaneously. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
16) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3760)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the NFC stack. A local user can trigger use-after-free error to escalate privileges on the system.
17) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3764)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak error in the ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd() function in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger a memory leak error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
18) Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3772)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack (DoS) on the target system.The vulnerability exists due to insufficient verification of data authenticity in the Linux SCTP stack. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform a denial of service attack.
19) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-38300)
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the arch/mips/net/bpf_jit.c in the Linux kernel. A local user can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
20) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39685)
The vulnerability allows a malicious host to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the USB subsystem in Linux kernel. A malicious USB device can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the system.
21) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39686)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the binder implementation in Linux kernel. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and escalate privileges on the system.
22) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39698)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in Linux kernel. A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger the use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
23) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39713)
The vulnerability allows a local application to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to multiple issues in Qdisc implementation related to rcu read lock. A local application can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
24) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4002)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the Linux kernel's hugetlbfs memory usage. A local user can force the application to leak memory and gain access to sensitive information.
25) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4083)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the Linux kernel's garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers. A local user can call close() and fget() simultaneously and can potentially trigger a race condition, which in turn leads to a use-after-free error and allows privilege escalation.
26) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4135)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to simulated networking device driver for the Linux kernel does not properly initialize memory in certain situations. A local user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information (kernel memory).
27) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4155)
The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to the OS kernel does not impose correctly security restrictions. A local user can gain access to sensitive information on the system.
28) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41864)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input. A local user can gain access to out-of-bounds memory leading to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information.
29) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4202)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the nci_request() function in net/nfc/nci/core.c in NFC Controller Interface (NCI) in the Linux kernel. A local user can cause a data race problem while the device is getting removed and escalate privileges on the system.
30) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4203)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in sock_getsockopt() function in net/core/sock.c due to SO_PEERCRED and SO_PEERGROUPS race with listen() function (and connect() function) in the Linux kernel. A local user can exploit the use-after-free error and crash the system or escalate privileges on the system.
31) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-42739)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary within the firewire subsystem in the Linux kernel in drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-avc.c and drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-ci.c files. A local privileged user can run a specially crafted program tat calls avc_ca_pmt() function to trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
32) Improper Validation of Array Index (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43389)
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of array index in the ISDN CAPI implementation within detach_capi_ctr() function in drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c. A local user can send specially crafted data to the system and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
33) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43975)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the hw_atl_utils_fw_rpc_wait() function in drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/hw_atl/hw_atl_utils.c in Linux kernel. A local user can attach a specially crafted device to the system, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
34) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43976)
The vulnerability allows an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the mwifiex_usb_recv() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c in Linux kernel. An attacker with physical access to the system can insert a specially crafted USB device and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
35) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44733)
The vulnerability allows a local user to elevate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the drivers/tee/tee_shm.c file within the TEE subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local user can trigger a race condition in tee_shm_get_from_id during an attempt to free a shared memory object and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
36) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-45095)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a refcount leak within the pep_sock_accept() function in net/phonet/pep.c in the Linux kernel. A local user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
37) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-45469)
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the __f2fs_setxattr() function in fs/f2fs/xattr.c in the Linux kernel when an inode has an invalid last xattr entry. A local user can create a specially crafted f2fs image, trigger an out-of-bounds read error, and perform a denial of service attack or possibly execute arbitrary code.
38) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-45480)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the __rds_conn_create() function in net/rds/connection.c. A local user can perform a denial of service attack.
39) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0001)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to non-transparent sharing of branch predictor selectors between contexts. A local user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
40) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0002)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to non-transparent sharing of branch predictor within a context. A local user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
41) Type conversion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0322)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a type conversion error in the sctp_make_strreset_req() function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the SCTP network protocol in the Linux kernel. A local user can perform a denial of service attack.
42) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0330)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a random memory access flaw caused by a missing TLB flush in Linux kernel GPU i915 kernel driver functionality. A local user can execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.
43) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0435)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the Linux kernel networking module for the Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send specially crafted traffic to the system, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system but requires that the TIPC bearer is set up.
44) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0487)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in rtsx_usb_ms_drv_remove in drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c in memstick in the Linux kernel. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and gain access to sensitive information.
45) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0492)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a logic error within the cgroup_release_agent_write() function in kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c. A local user can use the cgroups v1 release_agent feature to escalate privileges and bypass the namespace isolation.
46) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0617)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the Linux kernel UDF file system functionality. A local user can supply a malicious UDF image to the udf_file_write_iter() function and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
47) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0644)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion error in the Linux kernel’s kernel_read_file_from_fd in the filesystem. A local user can attempt to read a file without read access/permission to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
48) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22942)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the vmwgfx driver in Linux kernel. A local unprivileged user can gain access to files opened by other processes on the system through a dangling 'file' pointer.
Exploiting this vulnerability requires an attacker to have access to either /dev/dri/card0 or /dev/dri/rendererD128 and be able to issue an ioctl() on the resulting file descriptor.
49) Missing initialization of resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24448)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to missing initialization of resource within the fs/nfs/dir.c in the Linux kernel. If an application sets the O_DIRECTORY flag, and tries to open a regular file, nfs_atomic_open() performs a regular lookup. If a regular file is found, ENOTDIR should occur, but the server instead returns uninitialized data in the file descriptor.
50) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24959)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the yam_siocdevprivate() function in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c. A local user can perform a denial of service attack.
51) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25258)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c in the Linux kernel. The USB Gadget subsystem lacks certain validation of interface OS descriptor requests (ones with a large array index and ones associated with NULL function pointer retrieval). A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
52) Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25375)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions in drivers/usb/gadget/function/rndis.c in the Linux kernel. The RNDIS USB gadget lacks validation of the size of the RNDIS_MSG_SET command. A local user can run a specially crafted program to gain access to kernel memory.
Remediation
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