Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow Affecting kernel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-KERNEL-1952730
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Jan 2015

Introduced: 28 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-1420  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-841  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-454  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 kernel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in the handle_to_path function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel through 3.19.1 allows local users to bypass intended size restrictions and trigger read operations on additional memory locations by changing the handle_bytes value of a file handle during the execution of this function.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1