CVE-2021-4159

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  "id": "CVE-2021-4159",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2022-08-24T16:15:09.713",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-02T19:17:46.043",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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      "value": "Se encontró una vulnerabilidad en el verificador EBPF del kernel de Linux cuando son manejadas estructuras de datos internas. Las ubicaciones de memoria interna podían ser devueltas al espacio de usuario. Un atacante local con permisos para insertar código eBPF en el kernel puede usar esto para filtrar detalles de la memoria interna del kernel derrotando algunas de las mitigaciones de explotación en el lugar para el kernel."
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