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Red Hat: CVE-2021-31916: out of bounds array access in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2021-31916: out of bounds array access in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
05/06/2021
Created
11/11/2021
Added
11/10/2021
Modified
03/13/2024

Description

An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory write flaw was found in list_devices in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in the Multi-device driver module in the Linux kernel before 5.12. A bound check failure allows an attacker with special user (CAP_SYS_ADMIN) privilege to gain access to out-of-bounds memory leading to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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