GHSA-fjw9-4q3j-vpq4

GHSA-fjw9-4q3j-vpq4 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022

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.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

7.800000190734863

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Timeline

May 24, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

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References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d00d8da5869a2608e97cfede094dfc5e11462a46 url
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html url
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html url
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0010 url
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4978 url
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38160 advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-38160 url
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.4 url

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