THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2021-38166 (HIGH 7.8) — In kernel/bpf/hashtab.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.8, there is an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write when many elements are placed in a single bucket. NOTE: exploitation might be impractical without the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability.
[NVD] CVE-2021-38166 (HIGH 7.8) — In kernel/bpf/hashtab.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.8, there is an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write when many elements are placed in a single bucket. NOTE: exploitation might be impractical without the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability.
CVE-2021-38166 CVSS: 7.8 HIGH Published: 2021-08-07T18:15:07.043
In kernel/bpf/hashtab.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.8, there is an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write when many elements are placed in a single bucket. NOTE: exploitation might be impractical without the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability.
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2021-38166cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38166