VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-20265
This flaw allows an unprivileged local user to crash the system by exhausting available memory.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.34%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-401
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · oracle/tekelec platform distribution
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1908827Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa0dc04df259ba2df3ce1920e9690c7842f8fa4bPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1908827Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa0dc04df259ba2df3ce1920e9690c7842f8fa4bPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.