CVE-2021-4083
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2022-01-18T16:51:46
State: PUBLISHED
affected: product: kernel
vendor: n/a
versions: status: affected
version: kernel 5.16-rc4
descriptions: value: A read-after-free memory flaw was found in the Linux kernel's garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers in the way users call close() and fget() simultaneously and can potentially trigger a race condition. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system. This flaw affects Linux kernel versions prior to 5.16-rc4.
problemTypes: descriptions: cweId: CWE-416
description: CWE-416
type: CWE