An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory write flaw was found in list_devices in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in the Multi-device driver module in the Linux kernel before 5.12. A bound check failure allows an attacker with special user (CAP_SYS_ADMIN) privilege to gain access to out-of-bounds memory leading to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-05-06T16:14:42

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:10:30.921Z

Reserved: 2021-04-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-31916

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-05-06T17:15:08.143

Modified: 2022-01-01T17:51:19.507

Link: CVE-2021-31916

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2021-03-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-31916 - Bugzilla