Information Exposure Affecting perf package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PERF-2387947
- published 29 Jan 2022
- disclosed 28 Jan 2022
How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 perf.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4159
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2036024
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=294f2fc6da27620a506e6c050241655459ccd6bd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00000.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4159