CVE-2021-33200Out-of-bounds Write in Kernel

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write19 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV5.5OSV3.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMay 27
Latest updateMay 24

Description

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.12.7 enforces incorrect limits for pointer arithmetic operations, aka CID-bb01a1bba579. This can be abused to perform out-of-bounds reads and writes in kernel memory, leading to local privilege escalation to root. In particular, there is a corner case where the off reg causes a masking direction change, which then results in an incorrect final aux->alu_limit.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages6 packages

Also affects: Fedora 33, 34

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

8
GHSA
GHSA-594v-c36q-5p83: kernel/bpf/verifier2022-05-24
OSV
CVE-2021-33200: In retrieve_ptr_limit and related functions of verifier2021-12-01
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities2021-07-20
OSV
linux-kvm vulnerabilities2021-06-25
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.8, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.8, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.8, linux-hwe-5.8, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.8, linux-raspi vulnerabilities2021-06-23

📋Vendor Advisories

10
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2021-07-20
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities2021-06-25
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities2021-06-25
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2021-06-23
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2021-06-23
CVE-2021-33200 — Out-of-bounds Write in Linux Kernel | cvebase