A flaw was found in the "Routing decision" classifier in the Linux kernel's Traffic Control networking subsystem in the way it handled changing of classification filters, leading to a use-after-free condition. This flaw allows unprivileged local users to escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors Products
Linux Kernel Subscribe
Enterprise Linux Subscribe
Rhel E4s Subscribe
Rhel Eus Subscribe
Rhel Extras Rt Subscribe
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-26996 A flaw was found in the "Routing decision" classifier in the Linux kernel's Traffic Control networking subsystem in the way it handled changing of classification filters, leading to a use-after-free condition. This flaw allows unprivileged local users to escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00042}

epss

{'score': 0.00055}


Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:01:07.986Z

Reserved: 2021-08-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-3715

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-02T23:15:08.957

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:22:13.980

Link: CVE-2021-3715

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2021-09-07T08:25:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-3715 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses