CVE-2021-20269

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the permissions of a log file created by kexec-tools. This flaw allows a local unprivileged user to read this file and leak kernel internal information from a previous panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. This flaw affects kexec-tools shipped by Fedora versions prior to 2.0.21-8 and RHEL versions prior to 2.0.20-47.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-276

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Mar 10, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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