CVE-2021-35477
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
In the Linux kernel through 5.13.7, an unprivileged BPF program can obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a Speculative Store Bypass side-channel attack because a certain preempting store operation does not necessarily occur before a store operation that has an attacker-controlled value.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.46%• Percentile: 39%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-203•Observable Discrepancy
The product behaves differently or sends different responses under different circumstances in a way that is observable to an unauthorized actor.
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
< 5.10.46-4 | < 5.10.46-4 | < 5.10.46-4 | < 5.10.46-4
- ubuntu•linux
all | < 5.4.0-90.101
- ubuntu•linux-aws
all | < 5.4.0-1059.62
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11
< 5.11.0-1019.20~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4
< 5.4.0-1059.62~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
all | < 5.4.0-1069.73+fips2
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all | all | < 5.4.0-1063.66
- ubuntu•linux-azure-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11
< 5.11.0-1017.18~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4
< 5.4.0-1063.66~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15
< 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
all | < 5.4.0-1073.76+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all | < 5.4.0-1021.24
- ubuntu•linux-fips
all | < 5.4.0-1036.42
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all | all | < 5.4.0-1057.61
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11
< 5.11.0-1020.22~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.4
< 5.4.0-1057.61~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all | < 5.4.0-1067.71~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gke
< 5.4.0-1055.58
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-5.4
< 5.4.0-1055.58~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gkeop
< 5.4.0-1026.27
- ubuntu•linux-gkeop-5.4
< 5.4.0-1026.27~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.11
< 5.11.0-37.41~20.04.2
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.4
< 5.4.0-90.101~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-ibm
< 5.4.0-1007.8
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
all | < 5.4.0-1049.51
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
all
- ubuntu•linux-oem
all
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.10
< 5.10.0-1050.52
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.13
< 5.13.0-1014.18
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.6
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle
all | < 5.4.0-1057.61
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.11
< 5.11.0-1019.20~20.04.1
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References (15)
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/01/3
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/patch/?id=f5e81d1117501546b7be050c5fbafa6efd2c722c
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/patch/?id=2039f26f3aca5b0e419b98f65dd36481337b86ee
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6JKK6XNRZX5BT5QVYOKGVJ2BHFZAP5EX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/565ZS55ZFEN62WVRRORT7R63RXW5F4T4/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-35477
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5092-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5092-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5096-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5115-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5137-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5137-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-35477
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-35477