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CVE-2021-43395
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2022-12-26 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-667
Description
An issue was discovered in illumos before f859e7171bb5db34321e45585839c6c3200ebb90, OmniOS Community Edition r151038, OpenIndiana Hipster 2021.04, and SmartOS 20210923. A local unprivileged user can cause a deadlock and kernel panic via crafted rename and rmdir calls on tmpfs filesystems. Oracle Solaris 10 and 11 is also affected.
Affected products
- Illumos: before 2022-01-18 — fixed in 2022-01-18
- Joyent SmartOS: 20210923
- Omniosce Omnios: r151038
- Openindiana: hipster_2021.04
- Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 10, 11
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Illumos 2022-01-18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- http://www.tribblix.org/relnotes.html
- https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/069654420de4aade43c63c43cd2896e66945fc8a/usr/src/uts/common/fs/tmpfs/tmp_vnops.c
- https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/b3403853e80914bd0aade9b5b605da4878078173/usr/src/uts/common/fs/tmpfs/tmp_dir.c
- https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/f859e7171bb5db34321e45585839c6c3200ebb90
- https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/developer/T1c9e4f27f8c2f959/security-heads-up-illumos14424
- https://jgardner100.wordpress.com/2022/01/20/security-heads-up/
- https://kebe.com/blog/?p=505
- https://www.illumos.org/issues/14424
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- http://www.tribblix.org/relnotes.html
- https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/069654420de4aade43c63c43cd2896e66945fc8a/usr/src/uts/common/fs/tmpfs/tmp_vnops.c
- https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/b3403853e80914bd0aade9b5b605da4878078173/usr/src/uts/common/fs/tmpfs/tmp_dir.c
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