UBUNTU-CVE-2021-4150
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Summary:
Details: A use-after-free flaw was found in the add_partition in block/partitions/core.c in the Linux kernel. A local attacker with user privileges could cause a denial of service on the system. The issue results from the lack of code cleanup when device_add call fails when adding a partition to the disk.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-4150, https://git.kernel.org/linus/9fbfabfda25d8774c5a08634fdd2da000a924890, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4150
Affected packages
Package
Name: linux-hwe-edge
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
