Use After Free Affecting kernel-firmware package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-KERNELFIRMWARE-1959125
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Nov 2015

Introduced: 27 Nov 2015

CVE-2016-0723  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 kernel-firmware.

NVD Description

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

Race condition in the tty_ioctl function in drivers/tty/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by making a TIOCGETD ioctl call during processing of a TIOCSETD ioctl call.

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