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CVE-2021-3612

Published: Jul 9, 2021

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	kernel	affected `kernel 5.9-rc1`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1974079

x_refsource_MISC

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-input/20210620120030.1513655-1-avlarkin82%40gmail.com/

x_refsource_MISC

FEDORA-2021-a95108d156

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FEDORA

[debian-lts-announce] 20211015 [SECURITY] [DLA 2785-1] linux-4.19 security update

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

[debian-lts-announce] 20211216 [SECURITY] [DLA 2843-1] linux security update

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

x_refsource_MISC

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0005/

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