CVE-2021-20265

kernel: increase slab leak leads to DoS

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se encontró un fallo en la manera en que son liberados los recursos de memoria en la función unix_stream_recvmsg en el kernel de Linux cuando había una señal pendiente. Este fallo permite a un usuario local sin privilegios bloquear el sistema agotando la memoria disponible. La mayor amenaza de esta vulnerabilidad es la disponibilidad del sistema

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-12-17 CVE Reserved
2021-03-10 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-11-07 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1908827	2021-04-20
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa0dc04df259ba2df3ce1920e9690c7842f8fa4b	2022-08-05
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html	2022-08-05

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20265	2021-04-20

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				-		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Tekelec Platform Distribution Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Tekelec Platform Distribution"				>= 7.4.0 <= 7.7.1 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Tekelec Platform Distribution" and version " >= 7.4.0 <= 7.7.1"		-		Affected