AZL-6539

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    AZL-6539

    Published: 20 Mar 2021Last Modified: 21 Apr 2026
    Upstream:

    Summary: CVE-2021-28951 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.10.78.1-1

    Details: An issue was discovered in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) because exit may be waiting to park a SQPOLL thread, but concurrently that SQPOLL thread is waiting for a signal to start, aka CID-3ebba796fa25.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kernel

    Purl: pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.10.78.1-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    AZL-6539 | CVE-DB