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CVE-2021-4218

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedAug 24, 2022
First seenAug 24, 2022
Weakness typeCWE-665CWE-665

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelNo range specified—

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