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CVE-2021-4218
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-08-24T16:15:10.143 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:19:14.330

Summary

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of reading the SVC RDMA counters. Reading the counter sysctl panics the system. This flaw allows a local attacker with local access to cause a denial of service while the system reboots. The issue is specific to CentOS/RHEL.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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