CVE-2021-46908

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46908DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46908
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 27 Feb 2024, 06:53
Last modified:05 Aug 2026, 08:44

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
7.1 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.24% LOW
0% probability +0.24%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Feb 2024, 06:53
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2026, 08:44
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Use correct permission flag for mixed signed bounds arithmetic We forbid adding unknown scalars with mixed signed bounds due to the spectre v1 masking mitigation. Hence this also needs bypass_spec_v1 flag instead of allow_ptr_leaks.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1MEDIUMScore: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.1HIGHScore: 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.24% Percentile: 16%

Affected Systems

  • debianlinux

    < 5.10.38-1 | < 5.10.38-1 | < 5.10.38-1 | < 5.10.38-1

  • ubuntulinux-allwinner-5.19

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-5.0

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-5.11

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-5.13

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-5.19

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-5.3

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-5.8

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-6.2

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-5.11

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-5.13

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-5.19

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-5.3

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-5.8

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-6.2

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-edge

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-fde-5.19

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-fde-6.2

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gcp

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gcp-5.11

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gcp-5.13

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gcp-5.19

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gcp-5.3

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gcp-5.8

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gcp-6.2

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gke

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gke-4.15

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gke-5.15

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gke-5.4

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gkeop-5.4

    all

  • ubuntulinux-hwe

    all

  • ubuntulinux-hwe-5.11

    all

  • ubuntulinux-hwe-5.13

    all

  • ubuntulinux-hwe-5.19

    all

  • ubuntulinux-hwe-5.8

    all

  • ubuntulinux-hwe-6.2

    all

  • ubuntulinux-hwe-edge

    all | all

  • ubuntulinux-intel-5.13

    all

  • ubuntulinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19

    all

  • ubuntulinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2

    all

  • ubuntulinux-nvidia-6.2

    all

  • ubuntulinux-oem

    all

  • ubuntulinux-oem-5.10

    all

  • ubuntulinux-oem-5.13

    all

  • ubuntulinux-oem-5.14

    all

  • ubuntulinux-oem-5.17

    all

  • ubuntulinux-oem-5.6

    all

  • ubuntulinux-oem-6.0

    all

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References (7)