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CVE-2021-36086

CVE-2021-36086LOW

n/a n/a — The CIL compiler in SELinux 3.2 has a use-after-free in cil_reset_classpermission (called from cil_reset_classperms_set and cil_reset_cla…

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  N  N  L    3.3   .0060   47.5     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Jul 1   Reserved by mitre
  Jul 1   Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 14  ENRICHED — CVE-2021-36086. Received CVSS 3.3 and CPE data from NVD.
  Oct 14  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2021-36086. Public exploit reference added.

CWE-416 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 8 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

The CIL compiler in SELinux 3.2 has a use-after-free in cil_reset_classpermission (called from cil_reset_classperms_set and cil_reset_classperms_list).

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
July 1, 2021	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
July 1, 2021	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 14, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2021-36086. Received CVSS 3.3 and CPE data from NVD.
October 14, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2021-36086. Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-416

References (8)

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=32177 [Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-202008.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/commit/c49a8ea09501ad66e799ea41b8154b6770fec2c8 [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/selinux/OSV-2021-536.yaml [Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00021.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U7ZYR3PIJ75N6U2IONJWCKZ5L2NKJTGR/ [Broken Link]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250207-0004/ [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2021-36086 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-416

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