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CVE-2021-4197

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2022-03-23 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

An unprivileged write to the file handler flaw in the Linux kernel's control groups and namespaces subsystem was found in the way users have access to some less privileged process that are controlled by cgroups and have higher privileged parent process. It is actually both for cgroup2 and cgroup1 versions of control groups. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.

Affected Platforms

Netapp H410SNetapp H700SNetapp H410CNetapp H300S FirmwareNetapp H300SDebian Debian LinuxNetapp H500SBroadcom Brocade Fabric Operating System FirmwareNetapp H700S FirmwareNetapp H410S Firmware

Weakness Type

CWE-287, CWE-287

References