CVE-2021-4159 — Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Data Queries in Kernel
Severity
4.4MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 80.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 24
Latest updateJan 6
Description
A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's EBPF verifier when handling internal data structures. Internal memory locations could be returned to userspace. A local attacker with the permissions to insert eBPF code to the kernel can use this to leak internal kernel memory details defeating some of the exploit mitigations in place for the kernel.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Enterprise Linux 8.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
8OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-dell300x, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities↗2023-01-06
OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-bluefield, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle vulnerabilities↗2022-10-10