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Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-abi-whitelists package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.el7

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELABIWHITELISTS-2070041
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 13 Apr 2016
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Introduced: 13 Apr 2016

CVE-2015-8844 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-772 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-abi-whitelists to version 0:3.10.0-514.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 signal implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 on powerpc platforms does not check for an MSR with both the S and T bits set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (TM Bad Thing exception and panic) via a crafted application.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High