Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting kernel-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
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0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELMODULES-1970228
- published 2 Aug 2021
- disclosed 2 Aug 2021
Introduced: 2 Aug 2021
CVE-2021-3669 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-modules to version 0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules package and not the kernel-modules package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
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