A race condition was found in the Linux kernels implementation of the floppy disk drive controller driver software. The impact of this issue is lessened by the fact that the default permissions on the floppy device (/dev/fd0) are restricted to root. If the permissions on the device have changed the impact changes greatly. In the default configuration root (or equivalent) permissions are required to attack this flaw.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2021-03-11T20:10:40
Updated: 2024-08-03T17:37:23.306Z
Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-20261
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2021-03-11T21:15:11.983
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:13.980
Link: CVE-2021-20261
Redhat