VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-3609

CVSS score7 HIGH
EPSS probability0.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-03-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

.A flaw was found in the CAN BCM networking protocol in the Linux kernel, where a local attacker can abuse a flaw in the CAN subsystem to corrupt memory, crash the system or escalate privileges. This race condition in net/can/bcm.c in the Linux kernel allows for local privilege escalation to root.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-362
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-362

Primary references