Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2021-47110
Published: June 5, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91208
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-47110
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the kvm_crash_shutdown() and kvmclock_init() functions in arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c, within the kvm_guest_cpu_offline() function in arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-47110
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9084fe1b3572664ad276f427dce575f580c9799a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b0becf8b1ecf642a9edaf4c9628ffc641e490d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1df2dc09926f61319116c80ee85701df33577d70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c02027b5742b5aa804ef08a4a9db433295533046
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.43
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.10
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.125