NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-abi-whitelists package, versions <0:3.10.0-327.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELABIWHITELISTS-2054848
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Sept 2015

Introduced: 22 Sep 2015

CVE-2015-5283  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-665  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-abi-whitelists to version 0:3.10.0-327.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 sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished.

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