Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-rt-kvm package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTKVM-2089255
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 1 Dec 2016
Introduced: 1 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-9685 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-kvm 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-kvm package and not the kernel-rt-kvm 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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94593
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2e83b79b2d6c78bf1b4aa227938a214dcbddc83f
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396941
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2e83b79b2d6c78bf1b4aa227938a214dcbddc83f
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9685
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
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