Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-firmware package, versions <0:2.6.32-754.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-KERNELFIRMWARE-2151560
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Sept 2017

Introduced: 21 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-12190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 kernel-firmware to version 0:2.6.32-754.el6 or higher.

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.

The bio_map_user_iov and bio_unmap_user functions in block/bio.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 do unbalanced refcounting when a SCSI I/O vector has small consecutive buffers belonging to the same page. The bio_add_pc_page function merges them into one, but the page reference is never dropped. This causes a memory leak and possible system lockup (exploitable against the host OS by a guest OS user, if a SCSI disk is passed through to a virtual machine) due to an out-of-memory condition.