CVE-2021-31829 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/4 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/801c6058d14a82179a7ee17a4b532cac6fad067f https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZI7OBCJQDNWMKLBP6MZ5NV4EUTDAMX6Q/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VWCZ6LJLENL2C3URW5ICARTACXPFCFN2/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y4X2G5YAPYJGI3PFEZZNOTRYI33GOCCZ/ https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.5