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CVE-2021-4148 (GCVE-0-2021-4148)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-23 19:46 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:16
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's block_invalidatepage in fs/buffer.c in the filesystem. A missing sanity check may allow a local attacker with user privilege to cause a denial of service (DOS) problem.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a kernel Affected: kernel 5.14.16
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