7.8
HIGH
CVE-2021-29154
Linux BPF JIT Compiler Arbitrary Code Execution
Description

BPF JIT compilers in the Linux kernel through 5.11.12 have incorrect computation of branch displacements, allowing them to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This affects arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c and arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c.

INFO

Published Date :

April 8, 2021, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-29154 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-29154 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Netapp cloud_backup
2 Netapp hci_management_node
3 Netapp solidfire
4 Netapp h300s_firmware
5 Netapp h500s_firmware
6 Netapp h700s_firmware
7 Netapp h410s_firmware
8 Netapp h300s
9 Netapp h410s
10 Netapp h500s
11 Netapp h700s
12 Netapp h300e_firmware
13 Netapp h500e_firmware
14 Netapp h700e_firmware
15 Netapp h300e
16 Netapp h500e
17 Netapp h700e
1 Linux linux_kernel
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-29154.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162434/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0076-1.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=26f55a59dc65ff77cd1c4b37991e26497fc68049
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4d4d456436bfb2fe412ee2cd489f7658449b098
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W5YFGIIF24475A2LNW3UWHW2SNCS3G7M/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26757760 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210604-0006/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/08/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162434/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0076-1.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=26f55a59dc65ff77cd1c4b37991e26497fc68049
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4d4d456436bfb2fe412ee2cd489f7658449b098
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W5YFGIIF24475A2LNW3UWHW2SNCS3G7M/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26757760 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210604-0006/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/08/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-29154 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-29154 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162434/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0076-1.html
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=26f55a59dc65ff77cd1c4b37991e26497fc68049
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4d4d456436bfb2fe412ee2cd489f7658449b098
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W5YFGIIF24475A2LNW3UWHW2SNCS3G7M/
    Added Reference https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26757760
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210604-0006/
    Added Reference https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/08/1
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4d4d456436bfb2fe412ee2cd489f7658449b098 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=26f55a59dc65ff77cd1c4b37991e26497fc68049 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W5YFGIIF24475A2LNW3UWHW2SNCS3G7M/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/W5YFGIIF24475A2LNW3UWHW2SNCS3G7M/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 24, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.11.12 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0 up to (excluding) 4.4.266 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.5 up to (excluding) 4.9.266 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.10 up to (excluding) 4.14.230 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.15 up to (excluding) 4.19.186 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.20 up to (excluding) 5.4.111 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5 up to (excluding) 5.10.29 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.11 up to (excluding) 5.11.13
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 25, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 19, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/W5YFGIIF24475A2LNW3UWHW2SNCS3G7M/ Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/W5YFGIIF24475A2LNW3UWHW2SNCS3G7M/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 08, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162434/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0076-1.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162434/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0076-1.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210604-0006/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210604-0006/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210604-0006/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162434/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0076-1.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 14, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/W5YFGIIF24475A2LNW3UWHW2SNCS3G7M/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/W5YFGIIF24475A2LNW3UWHW2SNCS3G7M/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26757760 No Types Assigned https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26757760 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/08/1 No Types Assigned https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/08/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-77
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.11.12
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 14, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/W5YFGIIF24475A2LNW3UWHW2SNCS3G7M/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26757760 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Incorrect computation of branch displacements in BPF JIT compilers the Linux kernel can be abused to execute arbitrary code in Kernel mode. BPF JIT compilers in the Linux kernel through 5.11.12 have incorrect computation of branch displacements, allowing them to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This affects arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c and arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c.
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-29154 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.17934

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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