CVE-2021-3764

A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd() function that allows an attacker to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is similar to the older CVE-2019-18808. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2022-08-23

Last modified

2024-08-03

Weaknesses

CWE-400, CWE-401

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3764
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1997467
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/505d9dcb0f7ddf9d075e729523a33d38642ae680
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3764