CVE-2021-20317

Summary

CVECVE-2021-20317
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-09-27 11:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-06-14 11:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-665

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.4 - All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/tip/tip.git - Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository. MISC git.kernel.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2941-1] linux-4.19 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
2005258 – (CVE-2021-20317) CVE-2021-20317 kernel: timer tree corruption leads to missing wakeup and system freeze MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5096-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2843-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159535 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2021-4647)
  • 159760 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9314)
  • 159763 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9313)
  • 178943 Debian Security Update for linux (DLA 2843-1)
  • 179117 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5096-1)
  • 179119 Debian Security Update for linux-4.19 (DLA 2941-1)
  • 179946 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-20317)
  • 198617 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5209-1)
  • 239884 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:4647)
  • 239887 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:4648)
  • 239890 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2021:4650)
  • 239892 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:4646)
  • 239917 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:4871)
  • 239918 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:4875)
  • 352869 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel: ALAS2-2021-1719
  • 353242 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAC2012-2022-036
  • 353243 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5 : ALAC2012-2022-037
  • 353244 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc : ALAC2012-2022-038
  • 356241 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for microvm-kernel : ALASMICROVM-KERNEL-4.14-2023-001
  • 590976 Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403 Third-Party Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-22-167-09) (SSA-222547)
  • 940174 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2021:4647)
  • 960003 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel-rt (RLSA-2021:4646)
  • 960094 Rocky Linux Security Update for kernel (RLSA-2021:4647)
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