A flaw null pointer dereference in the Nitro Enclaves kernel driver was found in the way that Enclaves VMs forces closures on the enclave file descriptor. A local user of a host machine could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| nitro_enclaves_project / nitro_enclaves | - | 5.10.0 |
| redhat / enterprise_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| fedoraproject / fedora | 34 | 34.x |