CVE-2021-4159

mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.002 · 16 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.25% (16th) EPSS

CVSS 4.4 · medium

Is it mine?

19 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's EBPF verifier when handling internal data structures. Internal memory locations could be returned to userspace. A local attacker with the permissions to insert eBPF code to the kernel can use this to leak internal kernel memory details defeating some of the exploit mitigations in place for the kernel.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 3.6

v3.14.4mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-125USCWE-17USCWE-202USCWE-202US

affected products (19)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Open Source Linux Kernelall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
n/a Kernel≤ Fixed in v5.7-rc1enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.7fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 4.7fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 10fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Linux4.14.0 → 4.14.292fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Linux4.15 → 4.19.255fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Linux4.20 → 5.4.209fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Linux5.5 → 5.7fstec_bduRU
debian debian linux= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel< 5.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-1207Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2022-08-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-08-24modified 2026-06-17

references (29)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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