A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's EBPF verifier when handling internal data structures. Internal memory locations could be returned to userspace. A local attacker with the permissions to insert eBPF code to the kernel can use this to leak internal kernel memory details defeating some of the exploit mitigations in place for the kernel.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2022-08-24T15:10:57

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:16:04.247Z

Reserved: 2021-12-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-4159

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-08-24T16:15:09.713

Modified: 2022-10-06T15:30:12.733

Link: CVE-2021-4159

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-01-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-4159 - Bugzilla