github - ghsa-4hgp-5v89-5fhw

ghsa-4hgp-5v89-5fhw

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-08-24 00:00

Modified

2023-07-10 21:30

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

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.

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  "published": "2022-08-24T00:00:29Z",
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cve-2021-3759

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-08-23 00:00

Modified

2024-08-03 17:09

Severity ?

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.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1999675
	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3759
	https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1626333284-1404-1-git-send-email-nglaive%40gmail.com/
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html	mailing-list

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	n/a	kernel

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