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SUSE: CVE-2021-20265: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2021-20265: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/10/2021
Created
02/10/2022
Added
12/02/2021
Modified
10/26/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-bigmem
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-bigmem-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-bigmem-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-kgraft
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-man
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-macros
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ppc64
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ppc64-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ppc64-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-syms
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_150-default
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default

References

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