CVE-2021-47605

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vduse: fix memory corruption in vduse_dev_ioctl() The "config.offset" comes from the user. There needs to a check to prevent it being out of bounds. The "config.offset" and "dev->config_size" variables are both type u32. So if the offset if out of bounds then the "dev->config_size - config.offset" subtraction results in a very high u32 value. The out of bounds offset can result in memory corruption.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJun 19, 2024
First seenJun 19, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.15.11 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel5.15 ≤ v < 5.15.11, 5.165.15.11

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