CVE-2021-3612

Name
CVE-2021-3612
Description
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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://lore.kernel.org/linux-input/20210620120030.1513655-1-avlarkin82@gmail.com/
MISC https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1974079
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKGI562LFV5MESTMVTCG5RORSBT6NGBN/
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0005/
MLIST https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html
MLIST https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= None < 5.9.0

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status