CVE-2021-3501
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.4%
31.3th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-787
Published 2021-05-06 · modified 2026-08-05
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | N | None |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2021-05-06 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-05 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
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
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1950136
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=04c4f2ee3f68c9a4bf1653d15f1a9a435ae33f7a
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0008/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1950136
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=04c4f2ee3f68c9a4bf1653d15f1a9a435ae33f7a
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0008/