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CVE-2021-3501

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.1 · Out-of-bounds write
7.1CVSS HIGH

Summary

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.12. The value of internal.ndata, in the KVM API, is mapped to an array index, which can be updated by a user process at anytime which could lead to an out-of-bounds write. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity and system availability.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%

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

Affected products we track (3)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1950136 ↗