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CVE-2021-4218

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2022-08-24 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-665, CWE-665

References