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CVE-2021-3753
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-02-16T19:15:08.647 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:05:42.113

Summary

A race problem was seen in the vt_k_ioctl in drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel, which may cause an out of bounds read in vt as the write access to vc_mode is not protected by lock-in vt_ioctl (KDSETMDE). The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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