MEDIUMCVSS 5.5

CVE-2021-3997

CVE-2021-3997 updated by NVD

Modified: 2026-11-04
Sources: nvd

Summary

A flaw was found in systemd. An uncontrolled recursion in systemd-tmpfiles may lead to a denial of service at boot time when too many nested directories are created in /tmp.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3997

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