CVE-2021-4083 (GCVE-0-2021-4083)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-01-18 16:51
Modified
2024-08-03 17:16
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
A read-after-free memory flaw was found in the Linux kernel's garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers in the way users call close() and fget() simultaneously and can potentially trigger a race condition. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system. This flaw affects Linux kernel versions prior to 5.16-rc4.
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