Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.04% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDOC-2096420
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Apr 2017

Introduced: 1 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7472  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-doc to version 0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.