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CVE-2021-3759
A memory overflow vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel’s ipc functionality of the memcg subsystem, in the way a user calls the semget function multiple times, creating semaphores. This flaw allows a local user to starve the resources, causing a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Announced Source revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2021-3759
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2021-3759
kernel
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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- Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "n/a",
"product": "kernel",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "Fixed in Linux kernel 5.15-rc1"
}
]
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2021-3759
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- Event
- #21639 · Revision 1
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