CVE-2021-31916
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In list_devices of dm-ioctl.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an incorrect bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/4edbe1d7bcffcd6269f3b5eb63f710393ff2ec7a
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2021-10-01
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1946965
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4edbe1d7bcffcd6269f3b5eb63f710393ff2ec7a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q1/268