CVE-2021-3759 — n/a / kernel

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
n/a / kernel	affected Fixed in Linux kernel 5.15-rc1

CWE

CWE-400

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1999675
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3759
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1626333284-1404-1-git-send-email-nglaive%40gmail.com/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html

ADP enrichment

CVE

No English description supplied.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1999675
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3759
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1626333284-1404-1-git-send-email-nglaive%40gmail.com/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html

siemens-SADP

No English description supplied.

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html