CVE-2021-34556
Public on 2021-08-02
Modified on 2021-08-05
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, where a BPF program can obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a Speculative Store Bypass side-channel attack. This issue occurs when the protection mechanism neglects the possibility of uninitialized memory locations on the BPF stack. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | kernel | 2021-08-04 | ALAS2-2021-1696 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra | kernel | 2022-01-20 | ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-004 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |