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CVE-2021-38604
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-08-12T16:15:10.600 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:02:25.823

Summary

In librt in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.34, sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mq_notify.c mishandles certain NOTIFY_REMOVED data, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this vulnerability was introduced as a side effect of the CVE-2021-33574 fix.

Affected products

gnu — glibc

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