# CVE-2021-43267: An issue was discovered in net/tipc/crypto.c in the Linux kernel before 5.14.16.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2021-11-02 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in net/tipc/crypto.c in the Linux kernel before 5.14.16. The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) functionality allows remote attackers to exploit insufficient validation of user-supplied sizes for the MSG_CRYPTO message type.

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## References

- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa40d9734a57bcbfa79a280189799f76c88f7bb0
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.14.16
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RDDEW4APTYKJK365HC2JZIVXYUV7ZRN7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVWL7HZV5T5OEKJPO2D67RMFMKBBXGGB/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211125-0002/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/10/1
- https://github.com/DarkSprings/CVE-2021-43267-POC
- https://github.com/zzhacked/CVE-2021-43267

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