UBUNTU-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
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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://git.kernel.org/linus/4edbe1d7bcffcd6269f3b5eb63f710393ff2ec7a
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-31916
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4948-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4979-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4982-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4984-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5361-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-31916
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/28/1