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Debian: CVE-2021-20317: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2021-20317: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/27/2021
Created
12/21/2021
Added
12/20/2021
Modified
08/17/2022

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A corrupted timer tree caused the task wakeup to be missing in the timerqueue_add function in lib/timerqueue.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with special user privileges to cause a denial of service, slowing and eventually stopping the system while running OSP.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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