CVE-2021-38160
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Summary
In drivers/char/virtio_console.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4, data corruption or loss can be triggered by an untrusted device that supplies a buf->len value exceeding the buffer size. NOTE: the vendor indicates that the cited data corruption is not a vulnerability in any existing use case; the length validation was added solely for robustness in the face of anomalous host OS behavior
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d00d8da5869a2608e97cfede094dfc5e11462a46
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.4
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-38160
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0010/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4978
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d00d8da5869a2608e97cfede094dfc5e11462a46
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.4
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-38160
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0010/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4978
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html
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