CVE-2021-33574
The mq_notify function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) versions 2.32 and 2.33 has a use-after-free.
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Summary
The mq_notify function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) versions 2.32 and 2.33 has a use-after-free. It may use the notification thread attributes object (passed through its struct sigevent parameter) after it has been freed by the caller, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified other impact.
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Affected versions
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