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CVE-2021-20265

Published: 10 March 2021

A flaw was found in the way memory resources were freed in the unix_stream_recvmsg function in the Linux kernel when a signal was pending. This flaw allows an unprivileged local user to crash the system by exhausting available memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.13.0-16.19)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-9.12)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-26.30)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-11.26)
Patches:
Introduced by

b3ca9b02b00704053a38bfe4c31dbbb9c13595d0

Fixed by fa0dc04df259ba2df3ce1920e9690c7842f8fa4b
linux-aws
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1001.1)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1009.9)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1001.10)
linux-aws-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.3)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-aws-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1018.18~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1030.31~16.04.1)
linux-azure
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.3)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1006.6)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1010.10)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.11.0-1009.9)
linux-azure-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1082.92)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1020.20~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-azure-5.3)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-dell300x
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1005.8)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.3)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1009.9)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.10.0-1004.4)
linux-gcp-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1071.81)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1019.19~18.04.2)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-gcp-5.3)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.3.0-1011.12~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1025.25~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gkeop
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1008.9)
groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gkeop-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1001.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(replaced by linux-hwe-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
linux-hwe-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-37.41~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe-5.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.8.0-23.24~20.04.1)
groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Ignored
(superseded by linux-hwe)
linux-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1002.2)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1004.4)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1009.9)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1004.9)
linux-lts-trusty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
linux-oem-5.10
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.10.0-1008.9)
groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-5.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.6.0-1007.7)
groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-osp1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1007.9)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1009.9)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1)
linux-oracle-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-oracle-5.3)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Ignored
(superseded by linux-oracle-5.4)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1019.19~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1007.7)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1008.8)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi-5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1013.13~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.13.0-1005.5)
focal Ignored
(replaced by linux-raspi)
groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1010.13)
linux-raspi2-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.3.0-1017.19~18.04.1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-riscv
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
groovy Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-24.28)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Does not exist

linux-snapdragon
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1077.82)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.5~rc3)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.4.0-1013.15)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H