vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-3501: ELSA-2021-2168: kernel security and bug fix update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 13, 2021
Added
Jun 3, 2021
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

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.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. 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.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
Title
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