CVE - CVE-2021-20265

CVE-ID
CVE-2021-20265	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1908827 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1908827 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa0dc04df259ba2df3ce1920e9690c7842f8fa4b URL:https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa0dc04df259ba2df3ce1920e9690c7842f8fa4b MISC:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html URL:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20201217	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20201217)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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