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
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.4
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