DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20265

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-20265
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20265.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20265
Upstream
Published
2021-03-10T16:15:16Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:04:24Z
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

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.4.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20265.json"

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.4.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20265.json"

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.4.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20265.json"