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CVE-2021-41864
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2021-10-02 · updated 2026-08-05
- Weakness: CWE-190
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 products
- Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 33, 34, 35
- Linux kernel: from 4.6 before 4.9.287; from 4.10 before 4.14.251; from 4.15 before 4.19.211; from 4.20 before 5.4.153; from 5.5 before 5.10.73; from 5.11 before 5.14.12 — fixed in 4.14.251, 4.19.211, 4.9.287, 5.10.73, 5.14.12, 5.4.153
- NetApp Cloud Backup: all versions
- NetApp H300E Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H300S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H410C Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H410S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H500E Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H500S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H700E Firmware: all versions
- NetApp H700S Firmware: all versions
- NetApp Hci Management Node: all versions
- NetApp Solidfire: all versions
- NetApp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware: all versions
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.14.251, 4.19.211, 4.9.287, 5.10.73. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
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
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