CVE-2021-3612
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in the Linux kernel's joystick devices subsystem in versions before 5.9-rc1, in the way the user calls ioctl JSIOCSBTNMAP. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or possibly escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
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affected products (36)
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references (59)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-3612cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1974079cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKGI562LFV5MESTMVTCG5RORSBT6NGBN/cnnvd
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-input/20210620120030.1513655-1-avlarkin82@gmail.com/cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164098/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5070-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164127/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5073-1.htmlcnnvd
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