CVE-2021-4218

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of reading the SVC RDMA counters. Reading the counter sysctl panics the system. This flaw allows a local attacker with local access to cause a denial of service while the system reboots. The issue is specific to CentOS/RHEL.
References
Link Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4218 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2048359 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=18395 Exploit Third Party Advisory
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Configurations

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2022-08-24 09:15

Updated : 2022-08-30 11:35


NVD link : CVE-2021-4218

Mitre link : CVE-2021-4218


JSON object : View

CWE
CWE-665

Improper Initialization

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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel