Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-34857.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-34857
Upstream
Published
2021-02-23T23:15:13Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:12:42.659366Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2021-20194 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.35.1-4
Details

There is a vulnerability in the linux kernel versions higher than 5.2 (if kernel compiled with config params CONFIGBPFSYSCALL=y , CONFIGBPF=y , CONFIGCGROUPS=y , CONFIGCGROUPBPF=y , CONFIGHARDENEDUSERCOPY not set, and BPF hook to getsockopt is registered). As result of BPF execution, the local user can trigger bug in __cgroupbpfrunfiltergetsockopt() function that can lead to heap overflow (because of non-hardened usercopy). The impact of attack could be deny of service or possibly privileges escalation.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.35.1-4

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-34857.json"