CVE-2021-47352 (GCVE-0-2021-47352)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-05-21 14:35
Modified
2026-08-05 08:47
Severity ?
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-net: Add validation for used length This adds validation for used length (might come from an untrusted device) to avoid data corruption or loss.
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Linux Linux Version: f6b10209b90d48a84f886ab2b317b5d2cbfe3143
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