CVE-2021-38300
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 20, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 9, 2021
Description
arch/mips/net/bpf_jit.c in the Linux kernel before 5.4.10 can generate undesirable machine code when transforming unprivileged cBPF programs, allowing execution of arbitrary code within the kernel context. This occurs because conditional branches can exceed the 128 KB limit of the MIPS architecture.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/15/5
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211008-0003/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=37cb28ec7d3a36a5bace7063a3dba633ab110f8b
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.14.10
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220309 [SECURITY] [DLA 2941-1] linux-4.19 security updatemailing-list
- DSA-5096vendor-advisory
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