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CVE-2020-27170

Date: March 20, 2021

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (17)

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.8
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-27170
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f232326f6966cf2a1d1db7bc917a4ce5f9f55f76
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162117/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0075-1.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FB6LUXPEIRLZH32YXWZVEZAD4ZL6SDK2/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/24/4
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27170
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/19/2
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FB6LUXPEIRLZH32YXWZVEZAD4ZL6SDK2/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00035.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27170
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27170
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QRTPQE73ANG7D6M4L4PK5ZQDPO4Y2FVD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T2S3I4SLRNRUQDOFYUS6IUAZMQNMPNLG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T2S3I4SLRNRUQDOFYUS6IUAZMQNMPNLG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QRTPQE73ANG7D6M4L4PK5ZQDPO4Y2FVD/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-27170

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Observable Discrepancy

CWE-203

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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