description: A memory overflow vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel’s ipc functionality of the memcg subsystem, in the way a user calls the semget function multiple times, creating semaphores. This flaw allows a local user to starve the resources, causing a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
problem types: CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
affected:
{
vendor: n/a
product: kernel
versions:
version: Fixed in Linux kernel 5.15-rc1, status: affected
}