PT-2021-2376 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Pedro Sampaio

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Published

2021-01-20

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Updated

2023-06-30

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CVE-2021-20268

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description An out-of-bounds access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of the eBPF code verifier in the way a user running the eBPF script calls dev map init map or sock map alloc. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or possibly escalate their privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Integer Overflow

RCE

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2021-1136
ALT-PU-2021-1170
ALT-PU-2021-1188
ALT-PU-2021-1417
ALT-PU-2021-1424
ALT-PU-2021-1446
ALT-PU-2021-1621
ALT-PU-2021-1656
ALT-PU-2021-1739
ALT-PU-2021-1862
ALT-PU-2021-1866
ALT-PU-2021-1870
BDU:2021-01616
CVE-2021-20268
OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1975-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1977-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021_1975-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2021_1977-1
SUSE-SU-2021:1975-1
SUSE-SU-2021:1977-1
USN-4910-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Suse
Ubuntu