Updated: 2023-11-04 20:11:04.438915
Description:
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.
| Links | NIST | CIRCL | RHEL | Ubuntu |
| Severity | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS Version 2.x | MEDIUM | 4.9 |
| CVSS Version 3.x | MEDIUM | 5.5 |
| OS name | Project name | Version | Score | Severity | Status | Errata | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU | kernel | 5.14.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2023-11-08 04:07:55 | |
| AlmaLinux 9.2 FIPS | kernel | 5.14.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2023-11-21 04:12:28 | |
| CentOS 6 ELS | kernel | 2.6.32 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Released | CLSA-2021:1632262296 | 2022-05-05 12:01:39 |
| CentOS 7 ELS | kernel | 3.10.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Not Vulnerable | 2023-11-03 11:07:42 | |
| CentOS 8.4 ELS | kernel | 4.18.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2023-10-27 11:07:11 | |
| CentOS 8.5 ELS | kernel | 4.18.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2023-10-27 11:07:11 | |
| CloudLinux 6 ELS | kernel | 2.6.32 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Already Fixed | 2023-06-09 11:07:57 | |
| Oracle Linux 6 ELS | kernel | 2.6.32 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Released | CLSA-2022:1669850228 | 2022-11-30 19:54:09 |
| Ubuntu 16.04 ELS | linux | 4.4.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Not Vulnerable | 2023-10-27 05:07:08 | |
| Ubuntu 16.04 ELS | linux-hwe | 4.15.0 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Released | 2023-10-27 05:07:08 |