CVE-2021-20268
—CVSS 3.1
7.8 high
EPSS
<1%p25
Published
()
Modified
Description
An out-of-bounds access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of the eBPF code verifier in the way a user running the eBPF script calls dev_map_init_map or sock_map_alloc. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or possibly escalate their privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
- Vendors
- linux
- Products
- linux kernel
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-190
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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