VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-31829

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-05-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.12.1 performs undesirable speculative loads, leading to disclosure of stack content via side-channel attacks, aka CID-801c6058d14a. The specific concern is not protecting the BPF stack area against speculative loads. Also, the BPF stack can contain uninitialized data that might represent sensitive information previously operated on by the kernel.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-863

Primary references