Resource Exhaustion DoS via Shared Memory Fragmentation in Linux Kernel
CVE-2021-3669 Published on August 26, 2022
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. Measuring usage of the shared memory does not scale with large shared memory segment counts which could lead to resource exhaustion and DoS.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2021-3669 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
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