CVE-2021-31829

kernel: protection of stack pointer against speculative pointer arithmetic can be bypassed to leak content of kernel memory

Published May 6, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.12.1 performs undesirable speculative loads, leading to disclosure of stack content via side-channel attacks, aka CID-801c6058d14a. The specific concern is not protecting the BPF stack area against speculative loads. Also, the BPF stack can contain uninitialized data that might represent sensitive information previously operated on by the kernel.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2690-1 linux-4.19 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-18704 kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.12.1 performs undesirable speculative loads, leading to disclosure of stack content via side-channel attacks, aka CID-801c6058d14a. The specific concern is not protecting the BPF stack area against speculative loads. Also, the BPF stack can contain uninitialized data that might represent sensitive information previously operated on by the kernel.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4983-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4997-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4997-2 Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4999-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5000-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5000-2 Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5018-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 11:10 PM
Reserved
Apr 27, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 6, 2021, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:52 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 30, 2021, 12:00 AM