CVE-2021-3753CWE-125

A 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…

published February 16, 2022

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
29.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00364 · 29.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2022-02-16T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 FEB 00:00Z
    A 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…
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