CVE-2021-20317CWE-665

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel

published September 27, 2021

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00382 · 31.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-665 · Improper Initialization
Published
2021-09-27T10:34Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 SEP 10:34Z
    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel
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