cve-2021-20239
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-05-28 10:42
Modified
2024-08-03 17:37
Severity ?
Summary
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.4.92 in the BPF protocol. This flaw allows an attacker with a local account to leak information about kernel internal addresses. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1923636Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
n/akernel
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