CVE-2021-3600

HIGH

Linux Kernel < 4.14.308 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

It was discovered that the eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track bounds information for 32 bit registers when performing div and mod operations. A local attacker could use this to possibly execute arbitrary code.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5003-1
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory issue-tracking
https://git.kernel.org/linus/e88b2c6e5a4d9ce30d75391e4d950da74bb2bd90

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 36.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-125 CWE-787
Status published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
fedoraproject/fedora 34
linux/linux_kernel 5.11 rc1 (7 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 4.14.115 - 4.14.308
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0
Published Jan 08, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026