CVE-2021-32078 (GCVE-0-2021-32078)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-17 14:13 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:17
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Summary
An Out-of-Bounds Read was discovered in arch/arm/mach-footbridge/personal-pci.c in the Linux kernel through 5.12.11 because of the lack of a check for a value that shouldn't be negative, e.g., access to element -2 of an array, aka CID-298a58e165e4.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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