{ "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2021-31916", "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "n/a", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "kernel", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "Kernel 5.12" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "CWE-787" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1946965", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1946965" }, { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4edbe1d7bcffcd6269f3b5eb63f710393ff2ec7a", "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4edbe1d7bcffcd6269f3b5eb63f710393ff2ec7a" }, { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q1/268", "url": "https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q1/268" }, { "refsource": "MLIST", "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20210623 [SECURITY] [DLA 2689-1] linux security update", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html" }, { "refsource": "MLIST", "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20210623 [SECURITY] [DLA 2690-1] linux-4.19 security update", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html" } ] }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] } }