CVE-2021-20317
kernel: timer tree corruption leads to missing wakeup and system freeze
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
Se ha encontrado un fallo en el kernel de Linux. Un árbol de temporizadores corrompido hacía que faltara el despertar de la tarea en la función timerqueue_add en el archivo lib/timerqueue.c. Este defecto permite a un atacante local con privilegios de usuario especiales causar una denegación de servicio, ralentizando y eventualmente deteniendo el sistema mientras se ejecuta OSP
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. The highest threat from this vulnerability is system availability.
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CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2020-12-17 CVE Reserved
- 2021-09-27 CVE Published
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-29 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-665: Improper Initialization
CAPEC
References (7)
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https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf | X_refsource_confirm |
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html | Mailing List |
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html | Mailing List |
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=511885d7061eda3eb1faf3f57dcc936ff75863f1 | 2022-06-14 |
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2005258 | 2021-11-30 | |
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096 | 2022-06-14 | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20317 | 2021-11-30 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | < 5.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 5.4" | - |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | 5.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "5.4" | - |
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Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0" | - |
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Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0" | - |
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