VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2021-38300
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.58%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-09-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
arch/mips/net/bpf_jit.c in the Linux kernel before 5.4.10 can generate undesirable machine code when transforming unprivileged cBPF programs, allowing execution of arbitrary code within the kernel context. This occurs because conditional branches can exceed the 128 KB limit of the MIPS architecture.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory