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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26708
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26708
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7 HIGH
A local privilege escalation was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.10.13. Multiple race conditions in the AF_VSOCK implementation are caused by wrong locking in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c. The race conditions were implicitly introduced in the commits that added VSOCK multi-transport support.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.1
7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | linux | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Feb 5, 2021 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated