CVE-2021-33034

Public on 2021-05-14
Modified on 2021-07-15
Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in hci_send_acl in the bluetooth host controller interface (HCI) in Linux kernel, where a local attacker with an access rights could cause a denial of service problem on the system The issue results from the object hchan, freed in hci_disconn_loglink_complete_evt, yet still used in other places. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity, confidentiality and system availability.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2021-07-14 20:35 ALAS2-2021-1685
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2022-01-20 23:37 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-002
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-01-12 19:26 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-004
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-4.14.225-168.357 2021-06-22 18:38 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-050
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-4.14.225-169.362 2021-06-22 18:38 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-051
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-4.14.231-173.360 2021-06-22 18:38 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-052
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-4.14.231-173.361 2021-06-22 18:38 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-053

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H