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CVE-2021-3679
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-08-05T20:15:09.627 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:05:33.340

Summary

A lack of CPU resource in the Linux kernel tracing module functionality in versions prior to 5.14-rc3 was found in the way user uses trace ring buffer in a specific way. Only privileged local users (with CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability) could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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