An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in the Linux kernel's joystick devices subsystem in versions before 5.9-rc1, in the way the user calls ioctl JSIOCSBTNMAP. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or possibly escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-07-09T10:33:16

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:01:07.361Z

Reserved: 2021-06-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-3612

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-07-09T11:15:09.457

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:21:58.743

Link: CVE-2021-3612

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-06-20T12:28:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-3612 - Bugzilla