Bug 2293215 (CVE-2021-47605)

Summary: CVE-2021-47605 kernel: vduse: fix memory corruption in vduse_dev_ioctl()
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar, ymittal
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Fixed In Version: kernel 5.15.11, kernel 5.16 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's vDPA framework. This flaw allows an attacker with sufficient privileges to cause system instability, potentially causing a denial of service.
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Description Avinash Hanwate 2024-06-20 10:30:24 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vduse: fix memory corruption in vduse_dev_ioctl()

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2021-47605 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024061923-CVE-2021-47605-3d20@gregkh/T