medium4.7
CVE-2021-3753
A race problem was seen in the vt_k_ioctl in drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel, which may cause an out of bounds read in vt as the write access to …
Impact
A race problem was seen in the vt_k_ioctl in drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel, which may cause an out of bounds read in vt as the write access to vc_mode is not protected by lock-in vt_ioctl (KDSETMDE). The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | before 5.15 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Versions 7.0, 8.0 |
| Netapp | Active Iq Unified Manager | All versions |
| Netapp | Element Software | All versions |
| Netapp | Hci Management Node | All versions |
| Netapp | Solidfire | All versions |
| Netapp | Bootstrap Os | All versions |
| Netapp | H300s Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | H500s Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | H700s Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | H410s Firmware | All versions |
| Netapp | H410c Firmware | All versions |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1999589
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2287a51ba822384834dafc1c798453375d1107c7
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0003/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/01/4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1999589
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2287a51ba822384834dafc1c798453375d1107c7
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0003/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/01/4