CVE-2021-38160

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-38160
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-08-07T04:15:06
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-01-01T17:58:24
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-120 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.13.4
AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:hci_bootstrap_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:hci_compute_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:element_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:hci_storage_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.4 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d00d8da5869a2608e97cfede094dfc5e11462a46 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-38160 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0010/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4978 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38160
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38160
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:39:51 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 07:36:46 2021-08-07T04:15Z 2021-08-07T04:15:06 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 07:36:46 2022-01-01T17:58:24 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 07:36:46 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated