CVE-2021-41864
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.4%
34.9th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-190
Published 2021-10-02 · modified 2026-08-05
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2021-10-02 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-05 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
prealloc_elems_and_freelist in kernel/bpf/stackmap.c in the Linux kernel before 5.14.12 allows unprivileged users to trigger an eBPF multiplication integer overflow with a resultant out-of-bounds write.
Affected
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.14.12
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf.git/commit/?id=30e29a9a2bc6a4888335a6ede968b75cd329657a
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30e29a9a2bc6a4888335a6ede968b75cd329657a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7BLLVKYAIETEORUPTFO3TR3C33ZPFXQM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LAT3RERO6QBKSPJBNNRWY3D4NCGTFOS7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SYKURLXBB2555ASWMPDNMBUPD6AG2JKQ/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0004/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.14.12
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf.git/commit/?id=30e29a9a2bc6a4888335a6ede968b75cd329657a
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30e29a9a2bc6a4888335a6ede968b75cd329657a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7BLLVKYAIETEORUPTFO3TR3C33ZPFXQM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LAT3RERO6QBKSPJBNNRWY3D4NCGTFOS7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SYKURLXBB2555ASWMPDNMBUPD6AG2JKQ/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0004/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096