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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 27, 2024· Updated May 4, 2025

bpf: Use correct permission flag for mixed signed bounds arithmetic

CVE-2021-46908

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Use correct permission flag for mixed signed bounds arithmetic

We forbid adding unknown scalars with mixed signed bounds due to the spectre v1 masking mitigation. Hence this also needs bypass_spec_v1 flag instead of allow_ptr_leaks.

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