vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-38160: ELSA-2021-9458: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jul 3, 2021 | Sep 23, 2021 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 3, 2021
Added
Sep 23, 2021
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
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
This CVE is being DISPUTED (*) by Red Hat with a note 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.
(*) https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38160
This CVE is being DISPUTED (*) by Red Hat with a note 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.
(*) https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38160
Solution
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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