Reachable Assertion Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.21.1.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDEVEL-2081245
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 6 Feb 2017
Introduced: 6 Feb 2017
CVE-2017-5986 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-devel to version 0:3.10.0-514.21.1.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.
Race condition in the sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and panic) via a multithreaded application that peels off an association in a certain buffer-full state.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96222
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2dcab598484185dea7ec22219c76dcdd59e3cb90
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420276
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2dcab598484185dea7ec22219c76dcdd59e3cb90
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5986
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/6
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308