CVE-2021-3759

2022-08-2300:00:00

CWE-400

redhat

www.cve.org

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "product": "kernel",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "Fixed in Linux kernel 5.15-rc1",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]