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Full vulnerability report · 2022
CVE-2021-45402High confidence

n/a — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Unknown · Unknown

5.5MediumCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

Medium technical severity with public exploit material referenced by a structured source; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
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Operational reassessment

Published severity in operational context

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Published severityMediumOperational priority:Medium, unchanged from published severity.unchanged

Evidence used

  • No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
  • A structured source references public exploit or proof-of-concept material.
  • Exploitation requires an existing local or physical foothold with privileges.
  • EPSS is 0.42% for the current model date.

Compensating controls

  • Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
  • Restrict local access and enforce least privilege on affected hosts.
  • Increase monitoring for the attack path and post-exploitation behaviour described in the report.

Verification

  1. Confirm that the asset runs Unknown Unknown and falls inside the recorded affected range.
  2. Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
  3. Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
  4. Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Mitigation target: As exposure requiresRemediation target: Within 365 days

This automated reassessment organises public evidence. It does not know asset exposure, business impact or control effectiveness and does not replace CVSS or a human risk decision.

Distribution package intelligence

Release-specific package status

Debian findings are scoped to the named distribution, release and source package. An absent finding does not mean a package is unaffected.

4 package states
Repository candidate not checked

A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.

Distribution releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Debian trixietrixie · sourcelinuxVendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release.5.15.15-1Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Debian bookwormbookworm · sourcelinuxVendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release.5.15.15-1Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Debian forkyforky · sourcelinuxVendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release.5.15.15-1Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Debian sidsid · sourcelinuxVendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release.5.15.15-1Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
?CERT means Computer Emergency Response Team; CSIRT is the closely related term Computer Security Incident Response Team.

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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2021-32174

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

Medium technical severity with public exploit material referenced by a structured source; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

The check_alu_op() function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through v5.16-rc5 did not properly update bounds while handling the mov32 instruction, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive address information, aka a "pointer leak."

What

The check_alu_op() function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through v5.16-rc5 did not properly update bounds while handling the mov32 instruction, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive address information, aka a "pointer leak."

Why

The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

The check_alu_op() function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through v5.16-rc5 did not properly update bounds while handling the mov32 instruction, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive address information, aka a "pointer leak."

Why

The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
Reference recorded

A structured CVE source labels at least one public reference as exploit material. BlackTree has not independently validated that it is safe, reliable or weaponised.

Likely attack path
local access → Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-668 ↗

CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.INoneIntegrity impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.ANoneAvailability impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
CWE-668Public exploit reference
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

Cyber Security Agency of Singapore · English · CSA-SB-20220216Security Bulletin 16 Feb 2022

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore included this CVE in its official Security Bulletin 16 Feb 2022, published on 16 February 2022. Open the linked bulletin for the product, severity and reference information published in that issue.

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-697Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

la confidentialité des données et une élévation de privilèges. Solution Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation). Documentation Bulletin de sécurité SUSE suse-su-20222615-1 du 01 août 2022 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20222615-1/ Référence CVE CVE-2021-26341 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-26341 Référence CVE CVE-2021-33061 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-33061 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4204 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4204 Référence CVE CVE-2021-44879 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44879 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45402 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45402 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0264 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0494 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0494 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0617 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0617 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1012 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1012 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1016 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1016 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1184 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1184 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1198 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1198 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1205 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1205 R

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-670Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

22520-1 du 21 juillet 2022 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20222520-1/ Référence CVE CVE-2017-16525 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16525 Référence CVE CVE-2021-26341 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-26341 Référence CVE CVE-2021-33061 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-33061 Référence CVE CVE-2021-39698 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39698 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4157 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4157 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4204 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4204 Référence CVE CVE-2021-44879 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44879 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45402 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45402 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0264 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0494 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0494 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0617 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0617 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1012 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1012 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1016 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1016 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1116 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1116 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1184 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1184 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1198 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1198 R

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-341Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

su-20221172-1/ Bulletin de sécurité SUSE suse-su-20221182-1 du 13 avril 2022 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20221182-1/ Bulletin de sécurité SUSE suse-su-20221183-1 du 13 avril 2022 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20221183-1/ Bulletin de sécurité SUSE suse-su-20221189-1 du 13 avril 2022 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20221189-1/ Bulletin de sécurité SUSE suse-su-20221192-1 du 13 avril 2022 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20221192-1/ Référence CVE CVE-2021-39698 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39698 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45402 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45402 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45868 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45868 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0850 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0850 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0854 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0854 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1011 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1011 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1016 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1016 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1048 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1048 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1055 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1055 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1195 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1195

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-323Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

ecord?id=CVE-2021-28714 Référence CVE CVE-2021-28715 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28715 Référence CVE CVE-2021-39685 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39685 Référence CVE CVE-2021-39698 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39698 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4135 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4135 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4197 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4197 Référence CVE CVE-2021-43975 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43975 Référence CVE CVE-2021-44733 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44733 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45095 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45095 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45402 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45402 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45480 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45480 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0264 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0382 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0382 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0435 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0435 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0492 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0492 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0516 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0516 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0742 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0742 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1055 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1055

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-293Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

s://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20221037-1/ Bulletin de sécurité SUSE su-20221038-1 du 30 mars 2022 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20221038-1/ Bulletin de sécurité SUSE su-20221039-1 du 30 mars 2022 https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20221039-1/ Référence CVE CVE-2021-0920 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-0920 Référence CVE CVE-2021-39657 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39657 Référence CVE CVE-2021-39698 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39698 Référence CVE CVE-2021-44879 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44879 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45402 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45402 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0487 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0487 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0492 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0492 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0516 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0516 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0617 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0617 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0644 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0644 Référence CVE CVE-2022-23036 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23036 Référence CVE CVE-2022-23037 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23037 Référence CVE CVE-2022-23038 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-265Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Ubuntu

ecord?id=CVE-2021-40490 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4135 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4135 Référence CVE CVE-2021-4197 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4197 Référence CVE CVE-2021-42008 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42008 Référence CVE CVE-2021-43389 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43389 Référence CVE CVE-2021-43975 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43975 Référence CVE CVE-2021-43976 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43976 Référence CVE CVE-2021-44733 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44733 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45095 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45095 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45402 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45402 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45469 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45469 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45480 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45480 Référence CVE CVE-2021-45485 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45485 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0264 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0382 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0382 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0435 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0435 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0492 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0492 Référence CVE CVE-2022-0516 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-

Official advisory ↗
JVN iPedia · Japanese · JVNDB-2021-018462Linux Kernel における誤った領域へのリソースの漏えいに関する脆弱性

Linux Kernel には、誤った領域へのリソースの漏えいに関する脆弱性が存在します。

Official advisory ↗
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
n/a
Fixed
An authoritative update reference is available, but the fixed version is not recorded in the structured CVE fields. Check the linked vendor advisory for the applicable release.
Action
Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 11 Feb 2022 · Last source change 4 Aug 2024, 04:39 UTC · CWE-668 · Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-32174
Product sourceUnavailable
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Missing structured fields: affected product. Missing data is not evidence of low risk; review the primary advisory.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
Fixed release or patch reference recorded
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-32174↗Public exploit reference↗Patch or update reference↗Public exploit reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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