CVE-2021-38604

August 23, 2021

In librt in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.34, sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mq_notify.c mishandles certain NOTIFY_REMOVED data, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this vulnerability was introduced as a side effect of the CVE-2021-33574 fix.

Summary:

In librt in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.34, sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mq_notify.c mishandles certain NOTIFY_REMOVED data, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this vulnerability was introduced as a side effect of the CVE-2021-33574 fix.

Reference Links(if available):

  • https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=4cc79c217744743077bf7a0ec5e0a4318f1e6641
  • https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=b805aebd42364fe696e417808a700fdb9800c9e8
  • https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28213
  • https://blog.tuxcare.com/cve/tuxcare-team-identifies-cve-2021-38604-a-new-vulnerability-in-glibc

  • CVSS Score (if available)

    v2: / MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

    v3: / HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

    Links to Exploits(if available)

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