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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-03-10T15:30:18

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:37:23.202Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-20265

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-03-10T16:15:16.610

Modified: 2022-08-05T17:52:01.827

Link: CVE-2021-20265

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-01-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-20265 - Bugzilla