CVE-2021-33200

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    CVE-2021-33200

    Published: 27 May 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.12.7 enforces incorrect limits for pointer arithmetic operations, aka CID-bb01a1bba579. This can be abused to perform out-of-bounds reads and writes in kernel memory, leading to local privilege escalation to root. In particular, there is a corner case where the off reg causes a masking direction change, which then results in an incorrect final aux->alu_limit.

    References: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bb01a1bba579b4b1c5566af24d95f1767859771e, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7LR3OKKPHIBGOMHN476CMLW2T7UG53QX/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JJCABL43FT3FKRX5DBPZG25FNKR6CEK4/, https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3d0220f6861d713213b015b582e9f21e5b28d2e0, https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a7036191277f9fa68d92f2071ddc38c09b1e5ee5, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210706-0004/, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/27/1

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    Events:

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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