Vulnerability · Published Aug 2, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-35477
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the linux package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In the Linux kernel through 5.13.7, an unprivileged BPF program can obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a Speculative Store Bypass side-channel attack because a certain preempting store operation does not necessarily occur before a store operation that has an attacker-controlled value.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.10.46-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35477 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.10.46-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35477 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.10.46-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35477 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-35477 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-35477 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-35477 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/01/3 x_refsource_MISC
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/patch/?id=f5e81d1117501546b7be050c5fbafa6efd2c722c x_refsource_MISC
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/patch/?id=2039f26f3aca5b0e419b98f65dd36481337b86ee x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2021-4d4d3866ca vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2021-54ee631709 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211015 [SECURITY] [DLA 2785-1] linux-4.19 security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST