CVE-2021-3418

Summary

If certificates that signed grub are installed into db, grub can be booted directly. It will then boot any kernel without signature validation. The booted kernel will think it was booted in secureboot mode and will implement lockdown, yet it could have been tampered. This flaw is a reintroduction of CVE-2020-15705 and only affects grub2 versions prior to 2.06 and upstream and distributions using the shim_lock mechanism.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
n/agrub2Fixed in 2.06affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-281: CWE-281

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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