Code Affecting kernel-abi-whitelists package, versions <0:3.10.0-229.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELABIWHITELISTS-2042281
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 9 Nov 2013
How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-abi-whitelists to version 0:3.10.0-229.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.
The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.13 performs certain operations on lists of files with an inappropriate locking approach, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft lockup or system crash) via unspecified use of Asynchronous I/O (AIO) operations.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198503
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8172
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/09/3
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0290
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87