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CVE-2021-3759

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NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3759

CGA ID

CGA-pq4c-66hc-vc6j

Severity

Unknown

Description

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.

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