Security Advisory

CVE-2021-3612

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2021-07-09 10:33:16
Last updated 2024-08-03 17:01:07
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

Description

An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in the Linux kernels 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.