UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20265
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Summary:
Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20265, https://git.kernel.org/linus/fa0dc04df259ba2df3ce1920e9690c7842f8fa4b, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20265
Affected packages
Package
Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
3.11.0-12.19
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
