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A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel before 5.8-rc6 in the ZRAM kernel module where a user with a local account and the ability to read the /sys/class/zram-control/hot_add file can create ZRAM device nodes in the /dev/ directory. This read allocates kernel memory and is not accounted for a user that triggers the creation of that ZRAM device. With this vulnerability continually reading the device may consume a large amount of system memory and cause the Out-of-Memory (OOM) killer to activate and terminate random userspace processes possibly making the system inoperable.

🗓️ 25 Sep 2020 07:00:00Reported by MicrosoftType 
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Local users before 5.8-rc6 reading sysfs hot_add can create ram compression devices, draining memory and triggering the out of memory killer.

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25 Sep 2020 07:00Current
7High risk
Vulners AI Score7
CVSS 24.9
CVSS 3.15.5
EPSS0.00102
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