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CVE-2021-3600 Detail

Description

It was discovered that the eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track bounds information for 32 bit registers when performing div and mod operations. A local attacker could use this to possibly execute arbitrary code.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Hyperlink Resource
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3600 Product 
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3600 Product 
https://git.kernel.org/linus/e88b2c6e5a4d9ce30d75391e4d950da74bb2bd90 Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://git.kernel.org/linus/e88b2c6e5a4d9ce30d75391e4d950da74bb2bd90 Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5003-1 Third Party Advisory 
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5003-1 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-3600
NVD Published Date:
01/08/2024
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
Canonical Ltd.