CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2021-4218
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.30%
Linux
Original NVD Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of reading the SVC RDMA counters. Reading the counter sysctl panics the system. This flaw allows a local attacker with local access to cause a denial of service while the system reboots. The issue is specific to CentOS/RHEL.
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