CVE-2021-28951

An issue was discovered in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8

published March 20, 2021

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An issue was discovered in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) because exit may be waiting to park a SQPOLL thread, but concurrently that SQPOLL thread is waiting for a signal to start, aka CID-3ebba796fa25.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00279 · 19.3th percentile
Published
2021-03-20T19:53Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 MAR 19:53Z
    An issue was discovered in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8
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