CVE-2021-35039

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

Description

kernel/module.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.14 mishandles Signature Verification, aka CID-0c18f29aae7c. Without CONFIG_MODULE_SIG, verification that a kernel module is signed, for loading via init_module, does not occur for a module.sig_enforce=1 command-line argument.

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-2021-35039

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35039.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed5.12.14.hardened1-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.14.6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.70-1
debian debianforkyfixed5.14.6-1
debian debiansidfixed5.14.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.14.6-1

References

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