HIGH 7.8 Microsoft

CVE-2021-4037

A vulnerability was found in the fs/inode.c:inode_init_owner() function logic of the LInux kernel that allows local users to create files for the XFS file-system with an unintended group ownership and with group execution and SGID permission bits set in a scenario where a directory is SGID and belongs to a certain group and is writable by a user who is not a member of this group. This can lead to excessive permissions granted in case when they should not. This vulnerability is similar to the previous CVE-2018-13405 and adds the missed fix for the XFS.

Microsoft Security Update 2022-Aug: A vulnerability was found in the fs/inode.c:inode_init_owner() function logic of the LInux kernel that allows local users to create files for the XFS file-system with an unintended group ownership and with group execution and SGID permission bits set in a scenario where a directory is SGID and belongs to a certain group and is writable by a user who is not a member of this group. This can lead to excessive permissions granted in case when they should not. This vulnerability is similar to the previous CVE-2018-13405 and adds the missed fix for the XFS.

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Published: 2022-08-09 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-09-03
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 was published on 2022-08-09 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 kernel 5.10.155.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0.
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