CVE-2021-3612 - Redhat Enterprise Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora and Linux Linux Kernel

Critical 7.8

An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in the Linux kernel's joystick devices subsystem in versions before 5.9-rc1, in the way the user calls ioctl JSIOCSBTNMAP. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or possibly escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Affected software

Redhat Enterprise Linux

Fedoraproject Fedora

Linux Linux Kernel

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