CVE-2021-45402

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45402
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-45402.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-45402
Downstream
AZL (1)
DEBIAN (1)
openSUSE (1)
SUSE (5)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
Published
2022-02-11T15:15:07Z
Modified
2026-03-15T22:42:28Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The check_alu_op() function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through v5.16-rc5 did not properly update bounds while handling the mov32 instruction, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive address information, aka a "pointer leak."

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-45402.json"
unresolved_ranges
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                "introduced":  "0"
            },
            {
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            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events":  [
            {
                "introduced":  "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected":  "5.16-rc1"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events":  [
            {
                "introduced":  "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected":  "5.16-rc2"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events":  [
            {
                "introduced":  "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected":  "5.16-rc3"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events":  [
            {
                "introduced":  "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected":  "5.16-rc4"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events":  [
            {
                "introduced":  "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected":  "5.16-rc5"
            }
        ]
    }
]