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CVE-2021-4023
published 2022-03-10

CVE-2021-4023: A flaw was found in the io-workqueue implementation in the Linux kernel versions prior to 5.15-rc1. The kernel can panic when an improper cancellation…

PriorityP422medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.23%
14.3th percentile
A flaw was found in the io-workqueue implementation in the Linux kernel versions prior to 5.15-rc1. The kernel can panic when an improper cancellation operation triggers the submission of new io-uring operations during a shortage of free space. This flaw allows a local user with permissions to execute io-uring requests to possibly crash the system.

Affected

8 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 5.15.3-1 (bookworm)linux 5.15.3-1 (bookworm)
fedoraprojectfedora
linuxlinux_kernel<= 5.14
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.3-15.15.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.3-15.15.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.3-15.15.3-1
msrccm1_kernel_5.10.111.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_1.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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