CVE-2021-3612

high

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.

References

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

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

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

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKGI562LFV5MESTMVTCG5RORSBT6NGBN/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-07-09

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High