Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting kernel-rt-trace package, versions <0:3.10.0-957.rt56.910.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACE-2111415
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Mar 2015

Introduced: 21 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-8830  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace to version 0:3.10.0-957.rt56.910.el7 or higher.

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.

Integer overflow in the aio_setup_single_vector function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel 4.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large AIO iovec. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2012-6701 regression.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1