Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data Affecting kernel-headers package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELHEADERS-1983240
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Feb 2017

Introduced: 10 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-5967  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-212  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-headers.

NVD Description

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

The time subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9, when CONFIG_TIMER_STATS is enabled, allows local users to discover real PID values (as distinguished from PID values inside a PID namespace) by reading the /proc/timer_list file, related to the print_timer function in kernel/time/timer_list.c and the __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info function in kernel/time/timer.c.