CVE-2021-33624

Summary

CVECVE-2021-33624
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-23 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-08 14:22:00 UTC
DescriptionIn kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, a branch can be mispredicted (e.g., because of type confusion) and consequently an unprivileged BPF program can read arbitrary memory locations via a side-channel attack, aka CID-9183671af6db.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-843

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - [CVE-2021-33624] Linux kernel BPF protection against speculative execution attacks can be bypassed to read arbitrary kernel memory CONFIRM www.openwall.com
An Analysis of Speculative Type Confusion Vulnerabilities in the Wild | USENIX MISC www.usenix.org
bpf: Fix leakage under speculation on mispredicted branches · torvalds/linux@9183671 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2785-1] linux-4.19 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178844 Debian Security Update for linux-4.19 (DLA 2785-1)
  • 179775 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-33624)
  • 198514 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5091-1)
  • 198515 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5092-1)
  • 198521 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) Vulnerabilities (USN-5091-2)
  • 198523 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5092-2)
  • 198542 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5115-1)
  • 352489 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAS2-2021-1685
  • 353145 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-006
  • 353158 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-002
  • 610400 Google Pixel Android March 2022 Security Patch Missing
  • 610408 Google Android April 2022 Security Patch Missing for Huawei EMUI
  • 670707 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2465)
  • 670772 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2530)
  • 670796 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2554)
  • 750828 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:2305-1)
  • 750830 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:2321-1)
  • 750832 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:2324-1)
  • 750842 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:2352-1)
  • 750864 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:2421-1)
  • 750868 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:2427-1)
  • 750869 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:2422-1)
  • 750877 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:2427-1)
  • 900096 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.52.1
  • 900304 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.57.1
  • 900319 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
  • 901713 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6564-1)
  • 903561 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (4376)
  • 906049 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (4376-1)
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