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
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3759 | Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1999675 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1626333284-1404-1-git-send-email-nglaive%40gmail.com/ |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2022-08-23T00:00:00
Updated: 2022-12-22T00:00:00
Reserved: 2021-09-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-3759
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2022-08-23T16:15:09.737
Modified: 2023-11-07T03:38:14.873
Link: CVE-2021-3759
JSON object: View
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