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kernel CVE-2021-3490

Moderate
tjkirch published GHSA-g5jj-9239-qhqc Jun 25, 2021

Package

kernel (bottlerocket)

Affected versions

< 1.1.2

Patched versions

1.1.2

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's eBPF verification code. It was discovered that eBPF ALU32 bounds tracking for bitwise ops (AND, OR, and XOR) did not update the 32-bit bounds. By default, accessing the eBPF verifier is only accessible to privileged users with CAP_SYS_ADMIN. A local user with the ability to insert eBPF instructions could use this flaw to crash the system or possibly escalate their privileges on the system.

Severity

Moderate

CVE ID

CVE-2021-3490

Weaknesses

No CWEs