CVE-2021-3736 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A memory leak problem was found in mbochs_ioctl in samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c in Virtual Function I/O (VFIO) Mediated devices. This flaw could allow a local attacker to leak internal kernel information.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00053.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linux Subscribe	Linux Kernel Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-27012	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A memory leak problem was found in mbochs_ioctl in samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c in Virtual Function I/O (VFIO) Mediated devices. This flaw could allow a local attacker to leak internal kernel information.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3736
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1995570
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/de5494af4815a4c9328536c72741229b7de88e7f
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3736
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3736

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2022-08-23T15:51:30

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:01:08.297Z

Reserved: 2021-08-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-3736

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-23T16:15:09.687

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:22:17.263

Link: CVE-2021-3736

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2021-11-03T13:57:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-3736 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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