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LIN1018-8228 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2021-20317

Created: Sep 25, 2021    Updated: Oct 19, 2021
Resolved Date: Oct 19, 2021
Found In Version: 10.18.44.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 18
Component/s: Kernel

Description

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.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20317

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