Race Condition Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:3.10.0-327.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELHEADERS-2055663
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Sept 2014

Introduced: 24 Sep 2014

CVE-2014-7842  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-headers to version 0:3.10.0-327.el7 or higher.

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.

Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application that performs an MMIO transaction or a PIO transaction to trigger a guest userspace emulation error report, a similar issue to CVE-2010-5313.

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