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CVE-2021-33624A-192972537PUB-A-192972537

In kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, a branch can be mispredicted (e.g., because of type confusion) and consequently

Published
Last modified
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Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in :2022-03-05
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, a branch can be mispredicted (e.g., because of type confusion) and consequently an unprivileged BPF program can read arbitrary memory locations via a side-channel attack, aka CID-9183671af6db.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • :linux_kernel:Android

    From :0 · fixed in :2022-03-05

References 5

usenix.org

openwall.com

GitHub · torvalds/linux

lists.debian.org

GitHub · benschlueter/CVE-2021-33624