Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-3736 - Memory Leak vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A memory leak problem was found in mbochs_ioctl in samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c in Virtual Function I/O (VFIO) Mediated devices. This flaw could allow a local attacker to leak internal kernel information.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3736
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3736
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1995570
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1995570
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/de5494af4815a4c9328536c72741229b7de88e7f
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/de5494af4815a4c9328536c72741229b7de88e7f