CVE-2021-4159
Public on 2022-08-24
Modified on 2022-11-02
Description
A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's EBPF verifier when handling internal data structures. Internal memory locations could be returned to userspace. A local attacker with the permissions to insert eBPF code to the kernel can use this to leak internal kernel memory details defeating some of the exploit mitigations in place for the kernel.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2022-09-30 | ALAS-2022-1636 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | kernel | 2022-09-30 | ALAS2-2022-1852 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra | kernel | 2022-09-30 | ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-036 | 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 | CVSSv3 | 4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |