CVE-2021-3490
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-06-04 01:40
Modified
2024-09-16 22:29
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Linux kernel eBPF bitwise ops ALU32 bounds tracking
References
security@ubuntu.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164015/Linux-eBPF-ALU32-32-bit-Invalid-Bounds-Tracking-Local-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@ubuntu.comhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf.git/commit/?id=049c4e13714ecbca567b4d5f6d563f05d431c80ePatch, Vendor Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0004/Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4949-1Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4950-1Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-606/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
LinuxLinux kernel
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