Race Condition Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-327.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDEVEL-2054670
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 20 Apr 2015
Introduced: 20 Apr 2015
CVE-2015-3339 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-devel to version 0:3.10.0-327.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.
Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214030
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.19.6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3339
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3237
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157897.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158804.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/20/5
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2152
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032412
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8b01fc86b9f425899f8a3a8fc1c47d73c2c20543