CVE-2021-3753Out-of-bounds Read in Kernel

Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV7.1OSV6.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 16
Latest updateJul 12

Description

A race problem was seen in the vt_k_ioctl in drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel, which may cause an out of bounds read in vt as the write access to vc_mode is not protected by lock-in vt_ioctl (KDSETMDE). The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 5.15
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.46-5+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 4.15.0-162.170+2
CVEListV5linux/linux_kernelLinux kernel 5.15-rc1

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 7.0, 8.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

9
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities2023-07-12
OSV
CVE-2021-3753: A race problem was seen in the vt_k_ioctl in drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl2022-02-16
CVEList
CVE-2021-3753: A race problem was seen in the vt_k_ioctl in drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl2022-02-16
OSV
linux-bluefield, linux-gke-5.4, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities2021-11-11
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-dell300x, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities2021-11-09

📋Vendor Advisories

10
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2023-07-12
Microsoft
A race problem was seen in the vt_k_ioctl in drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel which may cause an out of bounds read in vt as the write access to vc_mode is not protected by lock-in vt_ioc2022-02-08
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2021-11-11
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2021-11-09
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2021-11-09
CVE-2021-3753 — Out-of-bounds Read in Linux Kernel | cvebase