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Debian: CVE-2021-35039: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2021-35039: linux -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/07/2021
Created
11/30/2021
Added
11/29/2021
Modified
08/17/2022

Description

kernel/module.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.14 mishandles Signature Verification, aka CID-0c18f29aae7c. Without CONFIG_MODULE_SIG, verification that a kernel module is signed, for loading via init_module, does not occur for a module.sig_enforce=1 command-line argument.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

References

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