CVE-2021-4135 (GCVE-0-2021-4135)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-14 19:30 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:16
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Summary
A memory leak vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's eBPF for the Simulated networking device driver in the way user uses BPF for the device such that function nsim_map_alloc_elem being called. A local user could use this flaw to get unauthorized access to some data.
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n/a kernel Affected: Linux kernel versions prior to 5.16-rc6
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