Heap-based Buffer Over-read Vulnerability in CIL Compiler of SELinux 3.2

Heap-based Buffer Over-read Vulnerability in CIL Compiler of SELinux 3.2

CVE-2021-36087 · LOW Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

The CIL compiler in SELinux 3.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in ebitmap_match_any (called indirectly from cil_check_neverallow). This occurs because there is sometimes a lack of checks for invalid statements in an optional block.

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