CVE-2021-38160
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 7, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 7, 2021
Description
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
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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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/
- DSA-4978vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211015 [SECURITY] [DLA 2785-1] linux-4.19 security updatemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211216 [SECURITY] [DLA 2843-1] linux security updatemailing-list
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