Red Hat: CVE-2021-3612: Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)
7
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
07/09/2021
05/14/2022
05/13/2022
05/16/2022
Description
An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in the Linux kernel's joystick devices subsystem in versions before 5.9-rc1, in the way the user calls ioctl JSIOCSBTNMAP. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or possibly escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Solution(s)
- redhat-upgrade-kernel
- redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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