CVE-2021-4002

A memory leak flaw in the Linux kernel's hugetlbfs memory usage was found in the way the user maps some regions of memory twice using shmget() which are aligned to PUD alignment with the fault of some of the memory pages. A local user could use this flaw to get unauthorized access to some data.

A memory leak flaw in the Linux kernel's hugetlbfs memory usage was found in the way the user maps some regions of memory twice using shmget() which are aligned to PUD alignment with the fault of some of the memory pages. A local user could use this flaw to get unauthorized access to some data.

Se encontró un fallo de pérdida de memoria en el uso de memoria hugetlbfs del kernel de Linux en la forma en que el usuario mapea algunas regiones de memoria dos veces usando shmget() que están alineadas a la alineación PUD con el fallo de algunas de las páginas de memoria. Un usuario local podría usar este fallo para conseguir acceso no autorizado a algunos datos