CVE-2021-20194

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 23, 2021 at 10:33 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:33 AM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise LinuxOpenShift Container Platform

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

There is a vulnerability in the linux kernel versions higher than 5.2 (if kernel compiled with config params CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL=y , CONFIG_BPF=y , CONFIG_CGROUPS=y , CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF=y , CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY not set, and BPF hook to getsockopt is registered). As result of BPF execution, the local user can trigger bug in __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_getsockopt() function that can lead to heap overflow (because of non-hardened usercopy). The impact of attack could be deny of service or possibly privileges escalation.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1912683

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20CWE-787

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