Memory Leak Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-229.14.1.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDEVEL-2051033
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 27 Jul 2015
Introduced: 27 Jul 2015
CVE-2015-1333 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-devel to version 0:3.10.0-229.14.1.el7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
Memory leak in the __key_link_end function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many add_key system calls that refer to existing keys.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76050
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca4da5dd1f99fe9c59f1709fb43e818b18ad20e0
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245658
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ca4da5dd1f99fe9c59f1709fb43e818b18ad20e0
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05211147
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1333
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/27/7
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1778.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1787.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1778
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2687-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2688-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2689-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2690-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2691-1
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