CVE-2021-38166CWE-190CWE-787

CVE-2021-38166

High · published August 7, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
23.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In kernel/bpf/hashtab.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.8, there is an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write when many elements are placed in a single bucket. NOTE: exploitation might be impractical without the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00318 · 23.4th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound; CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2021-08-07T22:15Z
Affected products (5)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.6, < 5.10.605.10.60
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.13.125.13.12
fedoraproject/fedoraall versions—
fedoraproject/fedoraall versions—
debian/debian_linuxall versions—
References (12)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 AUG 17:50Z
    In kernel/bpf/hashtab.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.8, there is an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write when many elements are placed in a single…
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