The eBPF ALU32 bounds tracking for bitwise ops (AND, OR and XOR) in the Linux kernel did not properly update 32-bit bounds, which could be turned into out of bounds reads and writes in the Linux kernel and therefore, arbitrary code execution. This issue was fixed via commit 049c4e13714e ("bpf: Fix alu32 const subreg bound tracking on bitwise operations") (v5.13-rc4) and backported to the stable kernels in v5.12.4, v5.11.21, and v5.10.37. The AND/OR issues were introduced by commit 3f50f132d840 ("bpf: Verifier, do explicit ALU32 bounds tracking") (5.7-rc1) and the XOR variant was introduced by 2921c90d4718 ("bpf:Fix a verifier failure with xor") ( 5.10-rc1).
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade perfUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernelUpgrade python-perf | Jul 4, 2022 | Jun 4, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 30, 2024 | Jun 4, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-azure-optionalUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-develUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-obs-qaUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade kernel-64kb-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-default-base-rebuildUpgrade kernel-syms-azureUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-preemptUpgrade dlm-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-azure-extraUpgrade kernel-64kb-optionalUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-default-livepatchUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-docs-htmlUpgrade kernel-kvmsmallUpgrade gfs2-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-develUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-preemptUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-azure-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-debug-livepatch-develUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-preemptUpgrade kselftests-kmp-64kbUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade gfs2-kmp-preemptUpgrade kernel-64kb-extraUpgrade kernel-default-baseUpgrade kselftests-kmp-azureUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-default-livepatch-develUpgrade kselftests-kmp-preemptUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade dlm-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-preempt-livepatch-develUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-64kbUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade dlm-kmp-defaultUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-preempt-extraUpgrade gfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-source-vanillaUpgrade kselftests-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-default-optionalUpgrade kernel-preempt-develUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-defaultUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-preemptUpgrade kernel-preempt-optionalUpgrade dlm-kmp-preemptUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade gfs2-kmp-azureUpgrade kernel-debug-develUpgrade kernel-azure | Jun 16, 2021 | May 11, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1024-raspi-nolpaeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1031-gcpUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.11.0-1006-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-5.11.0-1007-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.11.0-17-genericUpgrade linux-image-5.11.0-1007-gcpUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-53-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1032-azureUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1029-oracleUpgrade linux-image-5.11.0-1007-kvmUpgrade linux-image-5.11.0-1008-raspi-nolpaeUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-raspi-nolpaeUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-5.11.0-17-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1033-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-53-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-5.11.0-17-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-53-genericUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1024-raspiUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04bUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-5.11.0-1005-azureUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-1027-kvmUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-5.11.0-17-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.8.0-53-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.11.0-1008-raspiUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.10.0-1026-oem | May 12, 2021 | May 11, 2021 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jun 4, 2021 |
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