Bug 2026786 (CVE-2021-4135) - CVE-2021-4135 kernel: Heap information leak in map_lookup_elem function
Summary: CVE-2021-4135 kernel: Heap information leak in map_lookup_elem function
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2021-4135
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2027105 2027106 2027107
Blocks: 2026788 2033830
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Reported: 2021-11-25 19:53 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2023-09-19 14:13 UTC (History)
43 users (show)

Fixed In Version: Linux kernel 5.16-rc6
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A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel's eBPF for the Simulated networking device driver in the way user uses BPF for the device such that function nsim_map_alloc_elem being called. A local user could use this flaw to get unauthorized access to some data.
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2021-11-25 19:53:38 UTC 
A kernel information leak was found in the map_lookup_elem function.

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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=481221775d53
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