perf/core: Fix unconditional security_locked_down() call (Linux Linux)

CVE-2021-46971
LOW 3.3

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.23 % · percentile 14 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/core: Fix unconditional security_locked_down() call Currently, the lockdown state is queried unconditionally, even though its result is used only if the PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR bit is set in attr.sample_type. While that doesn't matter in case of the Lockdown LSM, it causes trouble with the SELinux's lockdown hook implementation. SELinux implements the locked_down hook with a check whether the current task's type has the corresponding "lockdown" class permission ("integrity" or "confidentiality") allowed in the policy. This means that calling the hook when the access control decision would be ignored generates a bogus permission check and audit record. Fix this by checking sample_type first and only calling the hook when its result would be honored.

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1LOW 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected b0c8fdc7fdb77586c3d1937050925b960743306e < b246759284d6a2bc5b6f1009caeeb3abce2ec9ff ; affected b0c8fdc7fdb77586c3d1937050925b960743306e < 4348d3b5027bc3ff6336368b6c60605d4ef8e1ce ; affected b0c8fdc7fdb77586c3d1937050925b960743306e < f5809ca4c311b71bfaba6d13f4e39eab0557895e ; affected b0c8fdc7fdb77586c3d1937050925b960743306e < c7b0208ee370b89d20486fae71cd9abb759819c1 ; affected b0c8fdc7fdb77586c3d1937050925b960743306e < 08ef1af4de5fe7de9c6d69f1e22e51b66e385d9b
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.4 ; unaffected 0 < 5.4 ; unaffected 5.4.117 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.35 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.11.19 ≤ 5.11.* ; unaffected 5.12.2 ≤ 5.12.*

Sources

SourceLicence
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EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
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CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD