Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-31829 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.12.1 performs undesirable speculative loads, leading to disclosure of stack content via side-channel attacks, aka CID-801c6058d14a. The specific concern is not protecting the BPF stack area against speculative loads. Also, the BPF stack can contain uninitialized data that might represent sensitive information previously operated on by the kernel.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/4
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/801c6058d14a82179a7ee17a4b532cac6fad067f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y4X2G5YAPYJGI3PFEZZNOTRYI33GOCCZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VWCZ6LJLENL2C3URW5ICARTACXPFCFN2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZI7OBCJQDNWMKLBP6MZ5NV4EUTDAMX6Q/