CVE-2021-20321

bpftool: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: I...

CVE-2021-20321 is fixed in 38 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2021:5227, released December 21, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0022
12th percentile

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: In Overlayfs missing a check for a negative dentry before calling vfs_rename() (CVE-2021-20321) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Bug Fix(es): * panic while breaking a lease/delegation after user mode helper invocation (BZ#2010333) * The ASR driver is causing a system crash in RHEL8.4 compared to RHEL8.3 due to kernel changes (BZ#2016384) * RHEL8: DFS provided SMB shares are not accessible following unprivileged access (BZ#2017177) * Avoid hitting the rtnl_trylock/restart_syscall logic in net-sysfs when possible (BZ#2021165) * RHEL8: x86/Kconfig: Do not enable AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT (BZ#2024678) * RHEL8.4-[Regression][P10][DD2.0][Rainier/Denali] - system crashed while offlining and onlining cores (BZ#2026450)

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
bpftool · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel · rocky 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RLSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-abi-stablelists · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-abi-stablelists · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-core · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-core · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-cross-headers · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-cross-headers · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-debug · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-debug · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-debug-core · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-debug-core · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-debug-devel · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-debug-devel · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-debug-modules · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-debug-modules · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-debug-modules-extra · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-debug-modules-extra · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-devel · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-devel · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-doc · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-doc · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-headers · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-modules · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-modules · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-modules-extra · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-modules-extra · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-rt · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.rt7.137.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5241 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-rt · rocky 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.rt7.137.el8_5 RLSA-2021:5241 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-rt-core · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.rt7.137.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5241 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-rt-debug · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.rt7.137.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5241 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-rt-debug-core · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.rt7.137.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5241 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-rt-debug-devel · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.rt7.137.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5241 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-rt-debug-kvm · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.rt7.137.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5241 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-rt-debug-modules · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.rt7.137.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5241 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.rt7.137.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5241 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-rt-devel · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.rt7.137.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5241 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-rt-kvm · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.rt7.137.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5241 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-rt-modules · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.rt7.137.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5241 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-rt-modules-extra · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.rt7.137.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5241 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-tools · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-tools · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-tools-libs · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-tools-libs · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-tools-libs-devel · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-tools-libs-devel · almalinux 8 4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ALSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-tools-libs-devel · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
kernel-zfcpdump · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-zfcpdump-core · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-zfcpdump-devel · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-zfcpdump-modules · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 5.14.12-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20321 Feb 18, 2022
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 5.14.12-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20321 Feb 18, 2022
linux · Debian 14 5.14.12-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20321 Feb 18, 2022
perf · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
perf · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021
python3-perf · RHEL 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 RHSA-2021:5227 Dec 21, 2021
python3-perf · ol 8 0:4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5 ELSA-2021-5227 Dec 22, 2021

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