CVE-2021-33624

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    CVE-2021-33624

    Published: 23 Jun 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity21/presentation/kirzner, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9183671af6dbf60a1219371d4ed73e23f43b49db, https://github.com/benschlueter/CVE-2021-33624, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/21/1

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    Availability
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