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Information Exposure Affecting perf package, versions <0:2.6.32-754.18.2.el6

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-PERF-2156039
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Sept 2018
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Introduced: 27 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17972  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 perf to version 0:2.6.32-754.18.2.el6 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in the proc_pid_stack function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel through 4.18.11. It does not ensure that only root may inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task, allowing a local attacker to exploit racy stack unwinding and leak kernel task stack contents.

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