Severity
Medium
Analysis Summary
Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service. By continually reading the /sys/class/zram-control/hot_add file, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system OOM killer to activate, terminating userspace processes possibly making the system inoperable.
Impact
Denial of service
Affected Vendors
Linux
Affected Products
Linux Kernel
Remediation
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