CVE-2021-20226

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20226
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20226.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-20226
Downstream
Published
2021-02-23T17:15:13Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A use-after-free flaw was found in the io_uring in Linux kernel, where a local attacker with a user privilege could cause a denial of service problem on the system The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object by not incrementing the file reference counter while in use. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity, confidentiality and system availability.

References

Affected packages