CVE-2021-41073 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2021-41073?

CVE-2021-41073 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Sep 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

loop_rw_iter in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel 5.10 through 5.14.6 allows local users to gain privileges by using IORING_OP_PROVIDE_BUFFERS to trigger a free of a kernel buffer, as demonstrated by using /proc/<pid>/maps for exploitation.

Weakness: CWE-763

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-41073?

It affects 13 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel, Netapp Cloud Backup, Netapp H300e Firmware, Netapp H300s Firmware and 7 more.

How do I fix CVE-2021-41073?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2021-41073 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-6596, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41073, GHSA-5cqf-vv6j-6f4g, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41073.