Race Condition Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.5.2.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDEVEL-2093071
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Aug 2017

Introduced: 10 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-1000111  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-devel to version 0:3.10.0-693.5.2.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.

Linux kernel: heap out-of-bounds in AF_PACKET sockets. This new issue is analogous to previously disclosed CVE-2016-8655. In both cases, a socket option that changes socket state may race with safety checks in packet_set_ring. Previously with PACKET_VERSION. This time with PACKET_RESERVE. The solution is similar: lock the socket for the update. This issue may be exploitable, we did not investigate further. As this issue affects PF_PACKET sockets, it requires CAP_NET_RAW in the process namespace. But note that with user namespaces enabled, any process can create a namespace in which it has CAP_NET_RAW.

CVSS Scores

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