Android Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability (CVE-2021-1048)
Android kernel contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.
A local attacker, with a low-privilege account, can achieve full data confidentiality loss, arbitrary modification of data, complete denial of service or system unavailability. Federal agencies are required to remediate by 2022-06-13 under CISA BOD 22-01.
This is a Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Android Kernel. In ep_loop_check_proc of eventpoll.c, there is a possible way to corrupt memory due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-204573007References: Upstream kernel Exploitation requires local access, low attack complexity, a low-privilege authenticated account, and no user interaction required.
Probably yes if any of these apply:
CISA added this CVE to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-23 based on evidence of active exploitation in the wild. Federal agencies required to remediate by 2022-06-13.
Manual remediation steps
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