CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-3736

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2022-08-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-08-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200, CWE-401

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 5.14.20)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References