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CVE-2021-20317
published 2021-09-27

CVE-2021-20317: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A corrupted timer tree caused the task wakeup to be missing in the timerqueue_add function in lib/timerqueue.c. This flaw…

PriorityP415medium4.4CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRHUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.40%
32.7th percentile
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A corrupted timer tree caused the task wakeup to be missing in the timerqueue_add function in lib/timerqueue.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with special user privileges to cause a denial of service, slowing and eventually stopping the system while running OSP.

Affected

13 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 5.4.6-1 (bookworm)linux 5.4.6-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel< 5.45.4
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.6-15.4.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.6-15.4.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.6-15.4.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.6-15.4.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-166.1744.15.0-166.174
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-222.2554.4.0-222.255
paloaltopan-os

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.14.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_debian4.4MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.4MEDIUM
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