UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38160

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38160

    Published: 7 Aug 2021Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-38160
    Aliases:
    USN-5073-1
    USN-5073-2
    USN-5073-3

    Summary:

    Details: In drivers/char/virtio_console.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4, data corruption or loss can be triggered by an untrusted device that supplies a buf->len value exceeding the buffer size. NOTE: the vendor indicates that the cited data corruption is not a vulnerability in any existing use case; the length validation was added solely for robustness in the face of anomalous host OS behavior

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38160, https://git.kernel.org/linus/d00d8da5869a2608e97cfede094dfc5e11462a46, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.4, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d00d8da5869a2608e97cfede094dfc5e11462a46, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5073-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5073-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5073-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5091-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5092-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5092-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5096-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5091-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5106-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5343-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38160

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-aws

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4.0-1102.107

    Affected versions

    4.4.0-1002.2
    4.4.0-1003.3
    4.4.0-1005.5
    4.4.0-1006.6
    4.4.0-1009.9
    4.4.0-1010.10
    4.4.0-1011.11
    4.4.0-1012.12
    4.4.0-1014.14
    4.4.0-1016.16
    4.4.0-1017.17
    4.4.0-1019.19
    4.4.0-1022.22
    4.4.0-1023.23
    4.4.0-1024.25
    4.4.0-1025.26
    4.4.0-1027.30
    4.4.0-1028.31
    4.4.0-1029.32
    4.4.0-1031.34
    4.4.0-1032.35
    4.4.0-1034.37
    4.4.0-1036.39
    4.4.0-1037.40
    4.4.0-1038.41
    4.4.0-1039.42
    4.4.0-1040.43
    4.4.0-1042.45
    4.4.0-1044.47
    4.4.0-1045.48
    4.4.0-1046.50
    4.4.0-1048.52
    4.4.0-1050.54
    4.4.0-1052.56
    4.4.0-1054.58
    4.4.0-1055.59
    4.4.0-1056.60
    4.4.0-1058.62
    4.4.0-1059.63
    4.4.0-1060.64
    4.4.0-1061.65
    4.4.0-1062.66
    4.4.0-1064.68
    4.4.0-1065.69
    4.4.0-1066.70
    4.4.0-1067.71
    4.4.0-1073.77
    4.4.0-1074.78
    4.4.0-1075.79
    4.4.0-1076.80
    4.4.0-1077.81
    4.4.0-1078.82
    4.4.0-1081.85
    4.4.0-1082.86
    4.4.0-1083.87
    4.4.0-1085.89
    4.4.0-1086.90
    4.4.0-1087.91
    4.4.0-1088.92
    4.4.0-1090.94
    4.4.0-1091.95
    4.4.0-1092.96
    4.4.0-1093.97
    4.4.0-1094.99
    4.4.0-1095.100
    4.4.0-1096.101
    4.4.0-1097.102
    4.4.0-1098.103
    4.4.0-1099.104
    4.4.0-1101.106

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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