CVE-2021-3491
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-06-04 01:40
Modified
2024-09-16 22:09
Summary
The io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed the MAX_RW_COUNT limit to be bypassed in the PROVIDE_BUFFERS operation, which led to negative values being usedin mem_rw when reading /proc/<PID>/mem. This could be used to create a heap overflow leading to arbitrary code execution in the kernel. It was addressed via commit d1f82808877b ("io_uring: truncate lengths larger than MAX_RW_COUNT on provide buffers") (v5.13-rc1) and backported to the stable kernels in v5.12.4, v5.11.21, and v5.10.37. It was introduced in ddf0322db79c ("io_uring: add IORING_OP_PROVIDE_BUFFERS") (v5.7-rc1).
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux kernel Version: trunk   < v5.13-rc4
Version: linux-5.12.y   < v5.12.4
Version: linux-5.11.y   < v5.11.21
Version: linux-5.10.y   < v5.10.37
Version: v5.7-rc1   < 5.7*
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