CVE-2021-20194
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20194
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20194.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-20194
- Related
- Published
- 2021-02-23T23:15:13Z
- Modified
- 2024-09-11T02:00:06Z
- Severity
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- 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
- [none]
- Details
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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 _cgroupbpfrunfilter_getsockopt() 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
Debian:11 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:12 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source
Debian:13 / linux
Package
- Name
- linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source