CVE-2021-38604

Summary

In librt in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.34, sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mq_notify.c mishandles certain NOTIFY_REMOVED data, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this vulnerability was introduced as a side effect of the CVE-2021-33574 fix.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b805aebd42364fe696e417808a700fdb9800c9e8
• https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4cc79c217744743077bf7a0ec5e0a4318f1e6641
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28213
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GYEXYM37RCJWJ6B5KQUYQI4NZBDDYSXP/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
• https://blog.tuxcare.com/cve/tuxcare-team-identifies-cve-2021-38604-a-new-vulnerability-in-glibc
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210909-0005/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-24

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b805aebd42364fe696e417808a700fdb9800c9e8
• https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4cc79c217744743077bf7a0ec5e0a4318f1e6641
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28213
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GYEXYM37RCJWJ6B5KQUYQI4NZBDDYSXP/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
• https://blog.tuxcare.com/cve/tuxcare-team-identifies-cve-2021-38604-a-new-vulnerability-in-glibc
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210909-0005/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-24

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