NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-327.rt56.204.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTDOC-2057423
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 22 Sep 2015
How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7
kernel-rt-doc
to version 0:3.10.0-327.rt56.204.el7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-doc
package and not the kernel-rt-doc
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:7
relevant fixed versions and status.
The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77058
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/515996/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257528
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e2d61e0aed2b7c4ecb35844fe07e0b2b762dee4
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5283
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.2.3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5283
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3372
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2411
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033808
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2823-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2826-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-2