Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNEL-3192370
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed26 Aug 2022

Introduced: 26 Aug 2022

CVE-2021-3669  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel to version 0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:1988.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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.

CVSS Scores

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