cve/2021/CVE-2021-20265.md

### [CVE-2021-20265](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20265)
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![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
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### Description

A flaw was found in the way memory resources were freed in the unix_stream_recvmsg function in the Linux kernel when a signal was pending. This flaw allows an unprivileged local user to crash the system by exhausting available memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fa0dc04df259ba2df3ce1920e9690c7842f8fa4b
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon