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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-44421

The pointer-validation logic in util/mem_util.rs in Occlum before 0.26.0 for Intel SGX acts as a confused deputy that allows a local attacker to access unauthorized information via side-channel analysis.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:01 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-44421

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Mar 2022, 17:44 UTC

The pointer-validation logic in util/mem_util.rs in Occlum before 0.26.0 for Intel SGX acts as a confused deputy that allows a local attacker to access unauthorized information via side-channel analysis.

osv:CVE-2021-44421
Complete source record
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