CVE-2021-29155
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.x. kernel/bpf/verifier.c performs undesirable out-of-bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic, leading to side-channel attacks that defeat Spectre mitigations and obtain sensitive information from…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.x. kernel/bpf/verifier.c performs undesirable out-of-bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic, leading to side-channel attacks that defeat Spectre mitigations and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory. Specifically, for sequences of pointer arithmetic operations, the pointer modification performed by the first operation is not correctly accounted for when restricting subsequent operations.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.07% probability · 63th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=073815b756c51ba9d8384d924c5d1c03ca3d1ae4
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=24c109bb1537c12c02aeed2d51a347b4d6a9b76e
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6f55b2f2a1178856c19bbce2f71449926e731914
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7fedb63a8307dda0ec3b8969a3b233a1dd7ea8e0
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9601148392520e2e134936e76788fc2a6371e7be
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a6aaece00a57fa6f22575364b3903dfbccf5345d
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b658bbb844e28f1862867f37e8ca11a8e2aa94a3
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f528819334881fd622fdadeddb3f7edaed8b7c9b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CUX2CA63453G34C6KYVBLJXJXEARZI2X/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PAEQ3H6HKNO6KUCGRZVYSFSAGEUX23JL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XZASHZVCOFJ4VU2I3BN5W5EPHWJQ7QWX/
- https://www.kernel.orgVendor Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/18/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=073815b756c51ba9d8384d924c5d1c03ca3d1ae4
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=24c109bb1537c12c02aeed2d51a347b4d6a9b76e
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6f55b2f2a1178856c19bbce2f71449926e731914
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7fedb63a8307dda0ec3b8969a3b233a1dd7ea8e0
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9601148392520e2e134936e76788fc2a6371e7be
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a6aaece00a57fa6f22575364b3903dfbccf5345d
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b658bbb844e28f1862867f37e8ca11a8e2aa94a3
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f528819334881fd622fdadeddb3f7edaed8b7c9b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CUX2CA63453G34C6KYVBLJXJXEARZI2X/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PAEQ3H6HKNO6KUCGRZVYSFSAGEUX23JL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XZASHZVCOFJ4VU2I3BN5W5EPHWJQ7QWX/
- https://www.kernel.orgVendor Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/18/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.