Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-debug-core package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.05% (16th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELDEBUGCORE-1963822
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 8 Apr 2021
Introduced: 8 Apr 2021
CVE-2021-29154 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-debug-core to version 0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-core package and not the kernel-debug-core package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
BPF JIT compilers in the Linux kernel through 5.11.12 have incorrect computation of branch displacements, allowing them to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This affects arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c and arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210604-0006/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-29154
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W5YFGIIF24475A2LNW3UWHW2SNCS3G7M/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162434/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0076-1.html
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26757760
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/08/1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1988
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=26f55a59dc65ff77cd1c4b37991e26497fc68049
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4d4d456436bfb2fe412ee2cd489f7658449b098
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W5YFGIIF24475A2LNW3UWHW2SNCS3G7M/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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