CVE-2020-27170

kernel: Speculation on pointer arithmetic against bpf_context pointer

Published Mar 20, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 4.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.8. kernel/bpf/verifier.c performs undesirable out-of-bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic, leading to side-channel attacks that defeat Spectre mitigations and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, aka CID-f232326f6966. This affects pointer types that do not define a ptr_limit.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2610-1 linux-4.19 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-19694 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.8. kernel/bpf/verifier.c performs undesirable out-of-bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic, leading to side-channel attacks that defeat Spectre mitigations and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, aka CID-f232326f6966. This affects pointer types that do not define a ptr_limit.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4887-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4890-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Oct 8, 2026, 9:03 PM
Reserved
Oct 16, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 20, 2021, 10:15 PM
Modified
Oct 8, 2026, 9:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 19, 2021, 12:00 AM