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CVE-2021-3982
Published: Apr 29, 2022
Modified: Aug 3, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Linux distributions using CAP_SYS_NICE for gnome-shell may be exposed to a privilege escalation issue. An attacker, with low privilege permissions, may take advantage of the way CAP_SYS_NICE is currently implemented and eventually load code to increase its process scheduler priority leading to possible DoS of other services running in the same machine.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | gnome-shell | affected gnome-shell downstream versions using CAP_SYS_NICE |
Weaknesses (CWE)
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