Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [5.8-rc1,5.14)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-2936544
  • published29 Jun 2022
  • disclosed28 Jun 2022
  • creditRyota Shiga

Introduced: 28 Jun 2022

CVE-2021-34866  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.14 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution via the handling of eBPF programs, due to the lack of proper validation of user-supplied eBPF programs, which can result in a type confusion condition.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1