NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:2.6.32-754.30.2.el6
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Start learning- Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-KERNELDEVEL-2161402
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed18 Sept 2017
Introduced: 18 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-12192 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:6 kernel-devel to version 0:2.6.32-754.30.2.el6 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
The keyctl_read_key function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the Key Management subcomponent in the Linux kernel before 4.13.5 does not properly consider that a key may be possessed but negatively instantiated, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS and system crash) via a crafted KEYCTL_READ operation.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=37863c43b2c6464f252862bf2e9768264e961678
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1493435
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/37863c43b2c6464f252862bf2e9768264e961678
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.5
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12192
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/9/18/764
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2430
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/63