Description
A flaw was found in the JFS filesystem code in the Linux Kernel which allows a local attacker with the ability to set extended attributes to panic the system, causing memory corruption or escalating privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a Linux Kernel
5.9.6affected
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/30/5 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/28/1 ↗
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4843 ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00018.html ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1897668%2C ↗
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/30/5%2C ↗
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/28/1%2C ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c61b3e4839007668360ed8b87d7da96d2e59fc6c ↗
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0004/ ↗