Race Condition Affecting kernel-rt-trace package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACE-1970073
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Jan 2016

Introduced: 19 Jan 2016

CVE-2016-7916  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace.

NVD Description

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

Race condition in the environ_read function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a /proc/*/environ file during a process-setup time interval in which environment-variable copying is incomplete.