VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-3669

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.30%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-08-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. Measuring usage of the shared memory does not scale with large shared memory segment counts which could lead to resource exhaustion and DoS.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-400
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-770

Primary references