A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.12. The value of internal.ndata, in the KVM API, is mapped to an array index, which can be updated by a user process at anytime which could lead to an out-of-bounds write. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity and system availability.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-05-05T22:31:28

Updated: 2024-08-03T16:53:17.850Z

Reserved: 2021-04-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-3501

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-05-06T13:15:12.840

Modified: 2022-05-13T20:52:55.127

Link: CVE-2021-3501

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2021-04-13T09:30:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-3501 - Bugzilla