Improper Initialization Affecting kernel-rt package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.rt56.420.el7
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EPSS
1.43% (87th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRT-2073822
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 15 Aug 2015
Introduced: 15 Aug 2015
CVE-2015-8746 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt to version 0:3.10.0-514.rt56.420.el7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt package and not the kernel-rt package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the NFS client in the Linux kernel before 4.2.2 does not properly initialize memory for migration recovery operations, which allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via crafted network traffic.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=18e3b739fdc826481c6a1335ce0c5b19b3d415da
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1295802
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/18e3b739fdc826481c6a1335ce0c5b19b3d415da
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.2
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8746
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/9
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2584
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034594
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