CVE-2021-38160 Information

Description

DISPUTED In drivers/char/virtio_console.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 data corruption or loss can be triggered by an untrusted device that supplies a buf->len value exceeding the buffer size. NOTE: the vendor indicates that the cited data corruption is not a vulnerability in any existing use case; the length validation was added solely for robustness in the face of anomalous host OS behavior.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.4 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d00d8da5869a2608e97cfede094dfc5e11462a46 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-38160 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0010/ https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4978 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8