In drivers/char/virtio_console.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4, data corruption or loss can be triggered by an untrusted device that supplies a buf->len value exceeding the buffer size. NOTE: the vendor indicates that the cited data corruption is not a vulnerability in any existing use case; the length validation was added solely for robustness in the face of anomalous host OS behavior
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Advisories
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DLA-2785-1 | linux-4.19 security update |
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DLA-2843-1 | linux security update |
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DSA-4978-1 | linux security update |
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USN-5073-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-5073-2 | Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities |
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USN-5073-3 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities |
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USN-5091-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-5091-2 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities |
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USN-5092-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-5092-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-5096-1 | Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities |
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USN-5106-1 | Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities |
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USN-5343-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T01:37:16.213Z
Reserved: 2021-08-07T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-38160

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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2021-08-07T04:15:06.967
Modified: 2025-05-05T14:12:40.937
Link: CVE-2021-38160


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