CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-4135

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2022-07-14 Modified 2026-10-08 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-07-14
Last modified
2026-10-08
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200, CWE-401

Description

A memory leak vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's eBPF for the Simulated networking device driver in the way user uses BPF for the device such that function nsim_map_alloc_elem being called. A local user could use this flaw to get unauthorized access to some data.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 5.16) • linux linux kernel 5.16

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References