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CVE-2021-3759 (GCVE-0-2021-3759)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-23 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:09
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Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-400 - - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a kernel Affected: Fixed in Linux kernel 5.15-rc1
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