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CVE-2021-4442

Publication date 29 August 2024

Last updated 16 September 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: add sanity tests to TCP_QUEUE_SEQ Qingyu Li reported a syzkaller bug where the repro changes RCV SEQ _after_ restoring data in the receive queue. mprotect(0x4aa000, 12288, PROT_READ) = 0 mmap(0x1ffff000, 4096, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x1ffff000 mmap(0x20000000, 16777216, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x20000000 mmap(0x21000000, 4096, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x21000000 socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 3 setsockopt(3, SOL_TCP, TCP_REPAIR, [1], 4) = 0 connect(3, {sa_family=AF_INET6, sin6_port=htons(0), sin6_flowinfo=htonl(0), inet_pton(AF_INET6, "::1", &sin6_addr), sin6_scope_id=0}, 28) = 0 setsockopt(3, SOL_TCP, TCP_REPAIR_QUEUE, [1], 4) = 0 sendmsg(3, {msg_name=NULL, msg_namelen=0, msg_iov=[{iov_base="0x0000000000000003\0\0", iov_len=20}], msg_iovlen=1, msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 20 setsockopt(3, SOL_TCP, TCP_REPAIR, [0], 4) = 0 setsockopt(3, SOL_TCP, TCP_QUEUE_SEQ, [128], 4) = 0 recvfrom(3, NULL, 20, 0, NULL, NULL) = -1 ECONNRESET (Connection reset by peer) syslog shows: [ 111.205099] TCP recvmsg seq # bug 2: copied 80, seq 0, rcvnxt 80, fl 0 [ 111.207894] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 356 at net/ipv4/tcp.c:2343 tcp_recvmsg_locked+0x90e/0x29a0 This should not be allowed. TCP_QUEUE_SEQ should only be used when queues are empty. This patch fixes this case, and the tx path as well.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, work in progress
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-allwinner-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-aws 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, work in progress
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-aws-5.0 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
linux-aws-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-aws-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-aws-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-aws-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-aws-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
linux-aws-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-aws-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-aws-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-aws-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-aws-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-aws-hwe 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable, work in progress
linux-azure 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, work in progress
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable, work in progress
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable, work in progress
linux-azure-4.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-azure-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-azure-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-azure-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-azure-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-azure-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
linux-azure-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-azure-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-azure-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-azure-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-azure-edge 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
linux-azure-fde 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-azure-fde-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-azure-fde-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-azure-fde-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-azure-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-bluefield 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, work in progress
linux-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-gcp 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, work in progress
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable, work in progress
linux-gcp-4.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-gcp-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-gcp-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-gcp-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-gcp-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-gcp-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
linux-gcp-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-gcp-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-gcp-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-gcp-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-gcp-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-gke 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-gke-4.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
linux-gke-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-gke-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
linux-gkeop 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, work in progress
linux-gkeop-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-gkeop-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
linux-hwe 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable, work in progress
linux-hwe-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-hwe-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-hwe-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-hwe-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-hwe-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-hwe-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-hwe-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-hwe-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-hwe-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
linux-ibm 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-ibm-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-ibm-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-intel 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-intel-iot-realtime 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-iotg 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-iot 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-kvm 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, work in progress
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
linux-lowlatency 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-nvidia 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-nvidia-lowlatency 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oem 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
linux-oem-5.10 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-oem-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-oem-5.14 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-oem-5.17 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oem-5.6 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-oem-6.0 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oem-6.1 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oem-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oem-6.8 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oracle 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, work in progress
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable, work in progress
linux-oracle-5.0 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
linux-oracle-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-oracle-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-oracle-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-oracle-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
linux-oracle-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-oracle-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-oracle-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-raspi 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, work in progress
linux-raspi-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-raspi-realtime 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-realtime 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-riscv-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-riscv-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-riscv-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-riscv-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
linux-riscv-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-riscv-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-starfive-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-starfive-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-starfive-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-xilinx-zynqmp 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected

Patch details

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Package Patch details
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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H