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CVE-2021-3759

CVSS v3.1 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 2
Advisories 30
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2022-08-23 16:15:09
(2 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-11-07 03:38:14
(10 months ago)

Affected Products

Debian

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Debian Linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0