Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. Measuring usage of the shared memory does not scale with large shared memory segment counts which could lead to resource exhaustion and DoS.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 5.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | kernel | Not Known |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3669Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1980619Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1986473Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3669Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3669Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1980619Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1986473Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3669Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 26, 2022
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified