CVE
CVE-2021-4083
| CVE ID |
CVE-2021-4083
|
|---|---|
| CVSS Score |
7
|
| Operating System | |
| Affected Versions |
CentOS 8
|
| Patched Versions |
4.18.0-348.7.1_ol007.el8_5
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| Patch Date |
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Additional Information
NVD Listing: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4083
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.