CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-33033

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.57%

44th percentile - higher than 44% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Linux kernel before 5.11.14 has a use-after-free in cipso_v4_genopt in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c because the CIPSO and CALIPSO refcounting for the DOI definitions is mishandled. This leads to writing an arbitrary value.

Risk Assessment

Risk of writing to arbitrary kernel memory locations, potentially leading to privilege escalation or system crash.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to version 5.11.14 or later.

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Original NVD description (English source)

The Linux kernel before 5.11.14 has a use-after-free in cipso_v4_genopt in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c because the CIPSO and CALIPSO refcounting for the DOI definitions is mishandled, aka CID-ad5d07f4a9cd. This leads to writing an arbitrary value.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS