A memory leak flaw in the Linux kernel's hugetlbfs memory usage was found in the way the user maps some regions of memory twice using shmget() which are aligned to PUD alignment with the fault of some of the memory pages. A local user could use this flaw to get unauthorized access to some data.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2022-03-03T21:42:47

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:16:03.279Z

Reserved: 2021-11-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-4002

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-03T22:15:08.527

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:36:42.333

Link: CVE-2021-4002

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-11-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-4002 - Bugzilla