A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.124/5.10.42/5.12.9. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function machine_shutdown of the component kvm. The manipulation leads to memory corruption.

This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-47110. Access to the local network is required for this attack. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.