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CVE-2021-35039
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-07-07T01:15:07.517 · Last modified 2026-06-17T03:57:01.530

Summary

kernel/module.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.14 mishandles Signature Verification, aka CID-0c18f29aae7c. Without CONFIG_MODULE_SIG, verification that a kernel module is signed, for loading via init_module, does not occur for a module.sig_enforce=1 command-line argument.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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