A flaw was found in the way memory resources were freed in the unix_stream_recvmsg function in the Linux kernel when a signal was pending. This flaw allows an unprivileged local user to crash the system by exhausting available memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1908827 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa0dc04df259ba2df3ce1920e9690c7842f8fa4b | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html | Patch Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2021-03-10T15:30:18
Updated: 2021-10-20T10:40:33
Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-20265
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2021-03-10T16:15:16.610
Modified: 2022-08-05T17:52:01.827
Link: CVE-2021-20265
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Redhat Information
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