Linux distributions using CAP_SYS_NICE for gnome-shell may be exposed to a privilege escalation issue. An attacker, with low privilege permissions, may take advantage of the way CAP_SYS_NICE is currently implemented and eventually load code to increase its process scheduler priority leading to possible DoS of other services running in the same machine.
References
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https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/2284 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/2060 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2022-04-29 10:15
Updated : 2023-02-02 17:57
NVD link : CVE-2021-3982
Mitre link : CVE-2021-3982
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CWE
CWE-273
Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
Products Affected
gnome
- gnome-shell