arch/mips/net/bpf_jit.c in the Linux kernel before 5.4.10 can generate undesirable machine code when transforming unprivileged cBPF programs, allowing execution of arbitrary code within the kernel context. This occurs because conditional branches can exceed the 128 KB limit of the MIPS architecture.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-09-20T05:25:30

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:37:16.284Z

Reserved: 2021-08-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-38300

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-20T06:15:06.623

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:16:45.207

Link: CVE-2021-38300

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-38300 - Bugzilla