CVE-2021-3759

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.

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3759	Third Party Advisory
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1626333284-1404-1-git-send-email-nglaive@gmail.com/	Exploit Mailing List
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1999675	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html

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Published : 2022-08-23 04:15

Updated : 2022-12-22 04:15

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NVD link : CVE-2021-3759

Mitre link : CVE-2021-3759

Linux

Linux Kernel

CWE-400