Memory Leak Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-2024822
  • published13 Sept 2021
  • disclosed20 Aug 2021

Introduced: 20 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-3744  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-debug-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel package and not the kernel-debug-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd() function in drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption). This vulnerability is similar with the older CVE-2019-18808.

CVSS Scores

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