CVE-2021-37600

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

An integer overflow in util-linux through 2.37.1 can potentially cause a buffer overflow if an attacker were able to use system resources in a way that leads to a large number in the /proc/sysvipc/sem file. NOTE: this is unexploitable in GNU C Library environments, and possibly in all realistic environments.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-37600

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-37600.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed2.37.2-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.36.1-8
debian debianbullseyefixed2.36.1-8
debian debianforkyfixed2.36.1-8
debian debiansidfixed2.36.1-8
debian debiantrixiefixed2.36.1-8

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.