Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-3736
CVE-2021-3736
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A memory leak problem was found in mbochs_ioctl in samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c in Virtual Function I/O (VFIO) Mediated devices. This flaw could allow a local attacker to leak internal kernel information.
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3- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/de5494af4815a4c9328536c72741229b7de88e7fnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3736nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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