DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27170

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2020-27170
Downstream
DLA-2610-1
Published: 20 Mar 2021, 22:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:19

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
19/100
CVSS Score
4.7 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

20 Mar 2021, 22:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:19
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 5.10.24-1 | < 5.10.24-1 | < 5.10.24-1 | < 5.10.24-1

References (1)