CVE-2016-2383
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 27, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 14, 2016
Description
The adjust_branches function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not consider the delta in the backward-jump case, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by creating a packet filter and then loading crafted BPF instructions.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a1b14d27ed0965838350f1377ff97c93ee383492
- USN-2947-3vendor-advisory
- USN-2947-2vendor-advisory
- USN-2947-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160214 CVE Request: Linux: Incorrect branch fixups for eBPF allow arbitrary readmailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308452
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a1b14d27ed0965838350f1377ff97c93ee383492
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1008vendor-advisory
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