CVE-2020-27170

CVE Details

Release Date:

2021-03-20

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.8. kernel/bpf/verifier.c performs undesirable out-of-bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic, leading to side-channel attacks that defeat Spectre mitigations and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, aka CID-f232326f6966. This affects pointer types that do not define a ptr_limit.

See more information about CVE-2020-27170 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.7	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2021-2314	2021-06-10
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2021-9140	2021-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2021-9222	2021-05-10
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek-container)	ELSA-2021-9141	2021-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek-container)	ELSA-2021-9223	2021-05-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2021-9140	2021-03-31
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek-container)	ELSA-2021-9141	2021-03-31

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