Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting linux-qemu-6.18 package, versions <6.18.7-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-LINUXQEMU618-15124037
  • published28 Jan 2026
  • disclosed26 Aug 2022

Introduced: 26 Aug 2022

CVE-2021-3669  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard linux-qemu-6.18 to version 6.18.7-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-qemu-6.18 package and not the linux-qemu-6.18 package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1