# CVE-2021-3905: A memory leak was found in Open vSwitch (OVS) during userspace IP fragmentation processing.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-08-23 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a openvswitch (ovs): Fixed in v2.17.0

## Description

A memory leak was found in Open vSwitch (OVS) during userspace IP fragmentation processing. An attacker could use this flaw to potentially exhaust available memory by keeping sending packet fragments.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a openvswitch (ovs), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2019692
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3905
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3905
- https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs-issues/issues/226
- https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/803ed12e31b0377c37d7aa8c94b3b92f2081e349
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-16

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