Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2021-46967
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost-vdpa: fix vm_flags for virtqueue doorbell mapping The virtqueue doorbell is usually implemented via registeres but we don't provide the necessary vma->flags like VM_PFNMAP. This may cause several issues e.g when userspace tries to map the doorbell via vhost IOTLB, kernel may panic due to the page is not backed by page structure. This patch fixes this by setting the necessary vm_flags. With this patch, try to map doorbell via IOTLB will fail with bad address.
EPSS: 0.002 (12.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions ddd89d0a059d8e9740c75a97e0efe9bf07ee51f9, 5.8, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-46967?
- CVE-2021-46967 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-02-27.
- How severe is CVE-2021-46967?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.