Overview
About vulnerability
In kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, a branch can be mispredicted (e.g., because of type confusion) and consequently an unprivileged BPF program can read arbitrary memory locations via a side-channel attack, aka CID-9183671af6db.Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 8 , Amazon Linux 2 , Amazon Linux 2 ELS , CentOS 6 , CentOS 6 ELS , CentOS 6 plus , CentOS 7 , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 7 plus , CentOS 8 , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , CloudLinux 6 ELS , CloudLinux 7 ELS , CloudLinux OS 6 , CloudLinux OS 6h , CloudLinux OS 7 , CloudLinux OS 7h , CloudLinux OS 8 , Debian 10 , Debian 10 ELS , Debian 10 cloud , Debian 9 , Endurance 7 eig 3.10 , OpenVZ 6 , Oracle Linux 6 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , Proxmox VE 5 , Proxmox VE 6 , RHEL 6 , RHEL 7 , RHEL 7 ELS , RHEL 8 , Rocky Linux 8 , Scientific 6 , Ubuntu 14.04 , Ubuntu 14.04 ESM , Ubuntu 16.04 , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 16.04 ESM , Ubuntu 18.04 , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 , Upstream 4.19
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 3.10.0 (+73 more)
Fixes
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 | Will Not Fix |
57 kernels
|
| Amazon Linux 2 5.10 | Will Not Fix | — |
| Amazon Linux 2 5.4 | Released |
4 kernels
|
| CentOS 7 alt-5.4 | Released |
10 kernels
|
| Debian 10 | Released |
19 kernels
|
| Debian 10 cloud | Released |
13 kernels
|
| Debian 9 backports | Released |
11 kernels
|
| Proxmox VE 6 | Released |
26 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 AWS Focal | Released |
23 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 Azure Focal | Released |
25 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 HWE Focal | Released |
32 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 HWE GCP | Released |
14 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 | Released |
47 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 AWS | Released |
35 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 AWS Hirsute | Ready For Release | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 Azure | Released |
29 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 GCP | Released |
1 kernel
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 HWE Hirsute | Released |
2 kernels
|