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GHSA-w5r9-h86g-qp9x
GHSA-w5r9-h86g-qp9x
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_rtas.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.5 on the powerpc platform allows KVM guest OS users to cause host OS memory corruption via rtas_args.nargs, aka CID-f62f3c20647e.
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 30, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
- May 1, 2026 Distribution Patch
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37576 advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f62f3c20647ebd5fb6ecb8f0b477b9281c44c10a url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WDFA7DSQIPM7XPNXJBXFWXHJFVUBCAG6 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z2YZ2DNURMYYVDT2NYAFDESJC35KCUDS url
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210917-0005 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/27/2 url
- https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/87im0x1lqi.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au/T/#u url
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4978 advisory