CVE-2021-20265

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20265
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20265.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-20265
Downstream
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Published
2021-03-10T16:15:16Z
Modified
2026-03-15T22:38:48Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in the way memory resources were freed in the unix_stream_recvmsg function in the Linux kernel when a signal was pending. This flaw allows an unprivileged local user to crash the system by exhausting available memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

References

Affected packages

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Affected ranges

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20265.json"
unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "7.4.0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.7.1"
            }
        ]
    }
]