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 |
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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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Information
Published : 2022-08-24 09:15
Updated : 2022-08-30 11:35
NVD link : CVE-2021-4218
Mitre link : CVE-2021-4218
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CWE
CWE-665
Improper Initialization
Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel