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Unscored USN-5135-1 1 CVE

linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.11, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.11, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.11, linux-hwe-5.11, linux-kvm, linux-oem-5.13, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.11, linux-raspi vulnerability

Published Nov 9, 2021 · Updated Sep 14, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly account for the
memory usage of certain IPC objects. A local attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).

Fixed packages 6

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11 5.11.0-1021.22~20.04.2
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11 5.11.0-1021.22~20.04.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11 5.11.0-1022.24~20.04.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.11 5.11.0-40.44~20.04.2
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.13 5.13.0-1019.23
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11 5.11.0-1021.22~20.04.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3759