ghsa-4hgp-5v89-5fhw
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-08-24 00:00
Modified
2023-07-10 21:30
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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  "aliases": [
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    "nvd_published_at": "2022-08-23T16:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
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  "id": "GHSA-4hgp-5v89-5fhw",
  "modified": "2023-07-10T21:30:55Z",
  "published": "2022-08-24T00:00:29Z",
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      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1999675"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1626333284-1404-1-git-send-email-nglaive@gmail.com"
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