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CVE ID:CVE-2021-31916
Description:An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory write flaw was found in list_devices in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in the Multi-device driver module in the Linux kernel before 5.12. A bound check failure allows an attacker with special user (CAP_SYS_ADMIN) privilege to gain access to out-of-bounds memory leading to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Test IDs: None available
Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-31916
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1946965
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1946965
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4edbe1d7bcffcd6269f3b5eb63f710393ff2ec7a
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4edbe1d7bcffcd6269f3b5eb63f710393ff2ec7a
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q1/268
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q1/268
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html




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