{"cve":"CVE-2021-38160","nvd":{"published":"2021-08-07T04:15:06.967","modified":"2026-06-17T04:01:36.330","status":"Analyzed","description":"In drivers/char/virtio_console.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4, data corruption or loss can be triggered by an untrusted device that supplies a buf->len value exceeding the buffer size. NOTE: the vendor indicates that the cited data corruption is not a vulnerability in any existing use case; the length validation was added solely for robustness in the face of anomalous host OS behavior","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-120"],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-38160","https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.13.4","https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d00d8da5869a2608e97cfede094dfc5e11462a46","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00010.html","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel","netapp:element_software","netapp:hci_bootstrap_os","netapp:hci_management_node","netapp:solidfire","redhat:enterprise_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:21:13.713336758+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-38160","score":0.00411,"percentile":0.35405,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}