Race Condition Affecting kernel-abi-whitelists package, versions <0:3.10.0-123.13.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELABIWHITELISTS-2039114
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed18 Jun 2014

Introduced: 18 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-4652  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-abi-whitelists to version 0:3.10.0-123.13.1.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-abi-whitelists package and not the kernel-abi-whitelists package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

CVSS Scores

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