CVE-2021-4037EPSS p22.6%
CVE-2021-4037CVE-2021-4037
linux / linux_kernel
Description
A vulnerability was found in the fs/inode.c:inode_init_owner() function logic of the LInux kernel that allows local users to create files for the XFS file-system with an unintended group ownership and with group execution and SGID permission bits set, in a scenario where a directory is SGID and belongs to a certain group and is writable by a user who is not a member of this group. This can lead to excessive permissions granted in case when they should not. This vulnerability is similar to the previous CVE-2018-13405 and adds the missed fix for the XFS.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.4 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| EPSS | 0.30% probability of exploitation · percentile 22.6% · 2026-08-11T12:00:17Z |
| Last modified | 2026-08-10 |