CVE-2021-3714

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Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernels memory deduplication mechanism. Previous work has shown that memory deduplication can be attacked via a local exploitation mechanism. The same technique can be used if an attacker can upload page sized files and detect the change in access time from a networked service to determine if the page has been merged.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1931327

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.08553.pdf

https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.08553

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3714

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-08-23

Updated: 2024-02-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium