CVE-2021-3489

La función eBPF RINGBUF bpf_ringbuf_reserve() del kernel de Linux no comprobaba que el tamaño asignado fuera menor que el tamaño del ringbuf, lo que permitía a un atacante realizar escrituras fuera de los límites del kernel y, por tanto, la ejecución de código arbitrario. Este problema se solucionó a través del commit 4b81ccebaeee ("bpf, ringbuf: Deny reserve of buffers larger than ringbuf") (v5.13-rc4) y se retroalimentó a los kernels estables en versiones v5.12.4, v5.11.21 y v5.10.37. Se introdujo a través de 457f44363a88 ("bpf: Implementar búfer de anillo BPF y soporte de verificador para ello") (v5.8-rc1)

A flaw out of bound memory write in the Linux kernel BPF subsystem was found in the way user writes to BPF ring buffer too fast, so larger buffer than available memory could be allocated. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or possibly escalate their privileges on the system.

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Canonical Ubuntu. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of eBPF programs. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied eBPF programs prior to executing them. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel.