CVE-2021-3764 (GCVE-0-2021-3764)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-08-23 15:52
Modified
2024-08-03 17:09
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-400 - - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Summary
A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd() function that allows an attacker to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is similar to the older CVE-2019-18808. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Linux Kernel Version: Fixed in v5.15-rc4
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