A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A corrupted timer tree caused the task wakeup to be missing in the timerqueue_add function in lib/timerqueue.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with special user privileges to cause a denial of service, slowing and eventually stopping the system while running OSP.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2021-09-27T10:34:49

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:37:23.839Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-20317

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-27T11:15:07.357

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:21.933

Link: CVE-2021-20317

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-09-23T16:20:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-20317 - Bugzilla