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CVE-2020-27170

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Published: Mar 20, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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4.7
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.8. kernel/bpf/verifier.c performs undesirable out-of-bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic, leading to side-channel attacks that defeat Spectre mitigations and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, aka CID-f232326f6966. This affects pointer types that do not define a ptr_limit.

Affected (9)

Show all products
1 product
Linux Kernel
1 product
Fedora
1 product
Ubuntu Linux
1 product
Debian Linux
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Before 5.11.8
Configuration B
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Fedoraproject
Version 32
Version 33
Version 34
Configuration C
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Canonical
Version 14.04
Version 16.04
Version 18.04
Version 20.04
Configuration D
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 9.0

References (18)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

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