Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting kernel-abi-whitelists package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.41.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELABIWHITELISTS-2585759
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed8 Apr 2021

Introduced: 8 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-29154  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-abi-whitelists to version 0:3.10.0-1160.41.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-3327.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-abi-whitelists package and not the kernel-abi-whitelists package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 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.

CVSS Scores

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