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LIN1018-9372 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2021-4159

Created: Jun 8, 2022    Updated: Sep 21, 2022
Resolved Date: Sep 21, 2022
Found In Version: 10.18.44.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 18
Component/s: Kernel

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.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4159

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