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CVE-2021-3489

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CVE-2021-3489

Published: Jun 4, 2021

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

The eBPF RINGBUF bpf_ringbuf_reserve() function in the Linux kernel did not check that the allocated size was smaller than the ringbuf size, allowing an attacker to perform out-of-bounds writes within the kernel and therefore, arbitrary code execution. This issue was fixed via commit 4b81ccebaeee ("bpf, ringbuf: Deny reserve of buffers larger than ringbuf") (v5.13-rc4) and backported to the stable kernels in v5.12.4, v5.11.21, and v5.10.37. It was introduced via 457f44363a88 ("bpf: Implement BPF ring buffer and verifier support for it") (v5.8-rc1).

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux kernel

affected
trunk - < v5.13-rc4
affected
linux-5.12.y - < v5.12.4
affected
linux-5.11.y - < v5.11.21
affected
linux-5.10.y - < v5.10.37
affected
v5.8 - < 5.8*

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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