Security Advisory

CVE-2021-45402

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2022-02-11 14:36:29
Last updated 2024-08-04 04:39:20
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

Description

The check_alu_op() function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through v5.16-rc5 did not properly update bounds while handling the mov32 instruction, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive address information, aka a "pointer leak."