Out-of-Bounds Affecting perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
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EPSS
0.05% (16th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PERF-4274572
- 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 RHEL:8 perf to version 0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:1988.
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.
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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