CVE-2021-20268

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

An out-of-bounds access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of the eBPF code verifier in the way a user running the eBPF script calls dev_map_init_map or sock_map_alloc. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or possibly escalate their privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-20268

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20268.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archaffected
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.10.12-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.12-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.10.12-1
debian debiansidfixed5.10.12-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.10.12-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.