# CVE-2021-3609: .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 co

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-03-03 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a kernel: Affects kernel v2.6.25 to v5.13-rc6

## 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.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1971651
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/19/1
- https://github.com/nrb547/kernel-exploitation/blob/main/cve-2021-3609/cve-2021-3609.md
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d5f9023fa61ee8b94f37a93f08e94b136cf1e463
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220419-0004/

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