CVE-2021-4159 Affecting kernel-azure package, versions <5.3.18-150300.38.40.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-KERNELAZURE-2636700
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Feb 2022

Introduced: 10 Feb 2022

CVE-2021-4159  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 kernel-azure to version 5.3.18-150300.38.40.4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-azure package and not the kernel-azure package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 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.

CVSS Scores

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