VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-3744

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.53%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-03-04
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 memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd() function in drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption). This vulnerability is similar with the older CVE-2019-18808.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-401
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401

Primary references