CVE-2021-4218

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
n/akernelNAaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-665: CWE-665 - Improper Initialization -> CWE-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

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