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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1995570 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3736 | Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/de5494af4815a4c9328536c72741229b7de88e7f | Patch Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2022-08-23 09:15
Updated : 2022-08-24 19:28
NVD link : CVE-2021-3736
Mitre link : CVE-2021-3736
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CWE
CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel