VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-46974

CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability0.25%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-02-27
Last modified2026-08-04
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix masking negation logic upon negative dst register The negation logic for the case where the off_reg is sitting in the dst register is not correct given then we cannot just invert the add to a sub or vice versa. As a fix, perform the final bitwise and-op unconditionally into AX from the off_reg, then move the pointer from the src to dst and finally use AX as the source for the original pointer arithmetic operation such that the inversion yields a correct result. The single non-AX mov in between is possible given constant blinding is retaining it as it's not an immediate based operation.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references