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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2021-29154 – Linux Kernel privilege escalation

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

A local authenticated attacker is sending a specially-crafted request to gain overhead privileges on the system exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code in the Kernel mode.

Impact

Unauthorized Access

Affected Vendors

Linux

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Remediation

Refer to Linux Kernel GIT Repository for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf.git/patch/?id=e4d4d456436bfb2fe412ee2cd489f7658449b098

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