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CVE-2021-4218

CVE-2021-4218 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of reading the SVC RDMA counters. Reading the counter sysctl panics the system. This flaw allows a local attacker with local access to cause a denial of service while the system reboots. The issue is specific to CentOS/RHEL.

EPSS 0.04% · 14.2th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.04%
14.2th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
linuxlinux_kernel
n/akernel*

Timeline

  • Aug 24, 2022 CVE Published
  • Aug 25, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Oct 10, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Nov 24, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jan 9, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Feb 23, 2023 EPSS Score
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  • Apr 10, 2023 EPSS Score
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