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CVE-2021-20265

CVE-2021-20265 PUBLISHED

A flaw was found in the way memory resources were freed in the unix_stream_recvmsg function in the Linux kernel when a signal was pending. This flaw allows an unprivileged local user to crash the system by exhausting available memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

EPSS 0.04% · 12.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.04%
12.6th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.35.3.0-1016.17~18.04.1, 5.3.0-1017.18~18.04.1, *
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.0.0-1031.32, 5.0.0-1029.30~18.04.1, 5.0.0-1028.29~18.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSlinux-azure4.15.0-1041.45~14.04.1, 4.15.0-1036.38~14.04.2, 4.15.0-1035.36~14.04.2
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-oracle-5.35.3.0-1013.14~18.04.1, 5.3.0-1014.15~18.04.1, 5.3.0-1016.18~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.05.0.0-1025.28, *, 0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-raspi20, 4.2.0-1013.19, 4.4.0-1009.10
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSlinux3.13.0-176.227, 3.12.0-4.12, 3.12.0-5.13
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSlinux-aws4.4.0-1143.149, 0, 4.4.0-1002.2
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe-edge5.3.0-23.25~18.04.2, 5.3.0-23.25~18.04.1, 5.3.0-22.24~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe*, 5.3.0-67.61, 5.3.0-66.60
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-oem4.15.0-1079.89, 4.15.0-1008.11, 4.15.0-1076.86
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gcp-edge0, 4.18.0-1009.10~18.04.1, 4.18.0-1011.12~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gke-4.154.15.0-1048.51, 4.15.0-1049.52, 4.15.0-1052.55
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-oracle-5.05.0.0-1014.19, 0, 5.0.0-1008.13~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-azure-edge4.18.0-1006.6~18.04.1, 5.0.0-1012.12~18.04.2, *
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-azure4.15.0-1021.21, 0, 4.15.0-1002.2
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.35.3.0-1017.18~18.04.1, 5.3.0-1019.21~18.04.1, 5.3.0-1023.25~18.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-raspi20, 5.3.0-1007.8, 5.3.0-1014.16
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-hwe-edge4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1, 4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1, 4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial4.4.0-198.230~14.04.1, 4.4.0-200.232~14.04.1, 4.4.0-201.233~14.04.1

…and 2 more

Timeline

  • Mar 10, 2021 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Oct 25, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 27, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 2, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
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