CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2021-3492
High (7.8) in canonical ubuntu linux. EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Shiftfs, an out-of-tree stacking file system included in Ubuntu Linux kernels, did not properly handle faults occurring during copy_from_user() correctly. These could lead to either a double-free situation or memory not being freed at all. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel memory exhaustion) or gain privileges via executing arbitrary code. AKA ZDI-CAN-13562.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-401, CWE-415
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162614/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0077-1.html
- https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/focal/commit/?id=25c891a949bf918b59cbc6e4932015ba4c35c333
- https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/focal/commit/?id=8fee52ab9da87d82bc6de9ebb3480fff9b4d53e6
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4917-1
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/16/2