CVE-2021-3753

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3753
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-02-16 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-07 01:58:00 UTC
DescriptionA race problem was seen in the vt_k_ioctl in drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel, which may cause an out of bounds read in vt as the write access to vc_mode is not protected by lock-in vt_ioctl (KDSETMDE). The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All
Operating System Netapp Bootstrap Os - All All All
Application Netapp Element Software - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Compute Node - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2021-3753 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
oss-security - CVE-2021-3753: A out-of-bounds caused by the race of KDSETMODE in vt for latest Linux MISC www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
1999589 – (CVE-2021-3753) CVE-2021-3753 kernel: a race out-of-bound read in vt MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
vt_kdsetmode: extend console locking · torvalds/linux@2287a51 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159621 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9088)
  • 178809 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 4978-1)
  • 178844 Debian Security Update for linux-4.19 (DLA 2785-1)
  • 178943 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 2843-1)
  • 179563 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-3753)
  • 198540 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5113-1)
  • 198542 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5115-1)
  • 198543 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5117-1)
  • 198562 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5136-1)
  • 198563 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5137-1)
  • 198565 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5137-2)
  • 199522 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6221-1)
  • 352839 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAS2-2021-1704
  • 352871 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS-2021-1539
  • 353144 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-007
  • 353155 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-005
  • 353242 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAC2012-2022-036
  • 353243 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5 : ALAC2012-2022-037
  • 353244 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc : ALAC2012-2022-038
  • 356186 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for microvm-kernel : ALASMICROVM-KERNEL-4.14-2023-003
  • 356218 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for microvm-kernel : ALASMICROVM-KERNEL-4.14-2023-002
  • 390256 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2022-0007)
  • 610418 Google Pixel Android June 2022 Security Patch Missing
  • 610422 Google Android July 2022 Security Patch Missing for Huawei EMUI
  • 6140330 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for kernel (GHSA-fj39-g84c-hc66)
  • 671134 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2688)
  • 671135 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2636)
  • 671181 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2934)
  • 671219 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1030)
  • 671252 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1171)
  • 751137 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:1271-1)
  • 751155 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3192-1)
  • 751160 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3179-1)
  • 751163 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3206-1)
  • 751170 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3205-1)
  • 751437 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3876-1)
  • 751441 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3876-1)
  • 751451 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3935-1)
  • 751473 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3969-1)
  • 751476 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3972-1)
  • 753441 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:14905-1)
  • 900721 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (8675)
  • 906132 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (8675-1)
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