CVE-2021-3669
At a glance Severity Not available EPSS EPSS 0.30 % · percentile 22 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2022-08-26 Updated 2025-11-03 Assigner redhat NVD status Modified
Description A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. Measuring usage of the shared memory does not scale with large shared memory segment counts which could lead to resource exhaustion and DoS.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_copy_data_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 2.2.0.0 ≤ 2.2.15.0cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 10.1.0 ≤ 10.1.10.2cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:build_of_quarkus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 2.0 < 2.7cpe:2.3:a:redhat:developer_tools:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_aus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_real_time:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_real_time_for_nfv:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_real_time_for_nfv_tus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_real_time_tus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_host:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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