VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-20269

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.25%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-03-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

A flaw was found in the permissions of a log file created by kexec-tools. This flaw allows a local unprivileged user to read this file and leak kernel internal information from a previous panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. This flaw affects kexec-tools shipped by Fedora versions prior to 2.0.21-8 and RHEL versions prior to 2.0.20-47.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-276
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-276

Primary references