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GHSA-rcrv-64p3-px35
GHSA-rcrv-64p3-px35
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published January 19, 2022
A read-after-free memory flaw was found in the Linux kernel's garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers in the way users call close() and fget() simultaneously and can potentially trigger a race condition. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system. This flaw affects Linux kernel versions prior to 5.16-rc4.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
- Jan 19, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4083 advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2029923 url
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=054aa8d439b9 url
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220217-0005 url
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096 advisory