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CVE-2021-3501
HIGH · CVSS 7.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-05-06T13:15:12.840 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:05:13.063

Summary

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.12. The value of internal.ndata, in the KVM API, is mapped to an array index, which can be updated by a user process at anytime which could lead to an out-of-bounds write. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity and system availability.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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