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CVE-2021-35039

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2021-07-07 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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 Platforms

Linux Linux KernelDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-347

References