CVE-2020-27171

CVE Details

Release Date:

2021-03-20

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.8. kernel/bpf/verifier.c has an off-by-one error (with a resultant integer underflow) affecting 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-10d2bb2e6b1d.

See more information about CVE-2020-27171 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:	6	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	High	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
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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