7.0
HIGH
CVE-2021-31440
Linux Kernel eBPF Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Linux Kernel 5.11.15. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of eBPF programs. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied eBPF programs prior to executing them. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel. Was ZDI-CAN-13661.

INFO

Published Date :

May 21, 2021, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 11, 2023, 7:53 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-31440 has a 12 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-2021-31440 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 solidfire_baseboard_management_controller_firmware
2 Netapp cloud_backup
3 Netapp h300s_firmware
4 Netapp h500s_firmware
5 Netapp h700s_firmware
6 Netapp h410s_firmware
7 Netapp h300e_firmware
8 Netapp h500e_firmware
9 Netapp h700e_firmware
1 Linux linux_kernel
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-2021-31440.

URL Resource
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=10bf4e83167cc68595b85fd73bb91e8f2c086e36 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210706-0003/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-503/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

C Shell Python Assembly Ruby Makefile Meson

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 20, 2024, 8:34 p.m. This repo has been linked 91 different CVEs too.

Auto Root / Privilege Escalation Exploit

autoroot privilege privilege-escalation root

Shell

Updated: 1 month ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 11, 2024, 9:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 85 different CVEs too.

一些cve复现环境

Shell C

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 20, 2023, 9:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 10 different CVEs too.

Linux privilege escalation exploits collection.

C Shell Python Assembly Ruby Makefile Meson

Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
88 stars 13 fork 13 watcher
Born at : April 26, 2023, 2:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 91 different CVEs too.

⚙ DevSecOps Kubernetes Playground ("A Hacker's Guide to Kubernetes")

Dockerfile Shell Ruby Smarty Jinja HCL

Updated: 4 weeks, 2 days ago
14 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : July 1, 2022, 7:12 a.m. This repo has been linked 57 different CVEs too.

book website

kubernetes security

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
65 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : Aug. 15, 2021, 6:15 p.m. This repo has been linked 21 different CVEs too.

some interesting exploit articles

Updated: 2 years, 5 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 29, 2021, 6:10 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Formal verification example for CVE-2020-8835

Makefile Coq C

Updated: 2 years, 7 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 4, 2021, 4:15 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

eBPF学习

ebpf kernel kprobe tracepoint uprobe xdp

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
15 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : May 1, 2021, 10:38 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Linux Eelvation(持续更新)

cve-2021-3156 cve-2019-7304 cve-2019-13272 cve-2018-18955 cve-2018-1000001 cve-2018-17182 cve-2017-1000367 cve-2017-1000112 cve-2017-16995 cve-2017-16939 linux-kernel elevation cve-2021-4034 cve-2022-0847

C Shell Python Ruby Makefile HTML

Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago
390 stars 92 fork 92 watcher
Born at : March 30, 2021, 7:09 a.m. This repo has been linked 72 different CVEs too.

Linux kernel CVE exploit analysis report and relative debug environment. You don't need to compile Linux kernel and configure your environment anymore.

C Shell Makefile Meson

Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
1152 stars 182 fork 182 watcher
Born at : Dec. 11, 2020, 1:28 p.m. This repo has been linked 38 different CVEs too.

Anything about kernel security. CTF kernel pwn, kernel exploit, kernel fuzz and kernel defense paper, kernel debugging technique, kernel CVE debug.

C Shell Makefile

Updated: 1 week, 3 days ago
621 stars 76 fork 76 watcher
Born at : Nov. 27, 2019, 7:50 a.m. This repo has been linked 37 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-31440 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-31440 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 11, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.11.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.7 up to (excluding) 5.10.37 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.11 up to (excluding) 5.11.21 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.12 up to (excluding) 5.12.4
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 13, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210706-0003/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210706-0003/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:solidfire_baseboard_management_controller_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:solidfire_baseboard_management_controller:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 06, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210706-0003/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 01, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 28, 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:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=10bf4e83167cc68595b85fd73bb91e8f2c086e36 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=10bf4e83167cc68595b85fd73bb91e8f2c086e36 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-503/ No Types Assigned https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-503/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.11.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2021-31440 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-31440 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

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0.14125

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