Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-rt-debug package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTDEBUG-2088974
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Dec 2016

Introduced: 1 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9685  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-debug to version 0:3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

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

Multiple memory leaks in error paths in fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XFS filesystem operations.