CVE-2021-4159 (GCVE-0-2021-4159)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-08-24 15:10
Modified
2024-08-03 17:16
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-202 - - Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Data Queries
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a kernel Version: Fixed in v5.7-rc1
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