Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.12-rc8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-6351498
  • published1 Mar 2024
  • disclosed27 Feb 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Feb 2024

CVE-2021-46919  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.12-rc8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource due to improper handling of the wq size store permission state. An attacker can escalate privileges or cause a denial of service by exploiting the lack of proper validation for user-supplied input.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1