Memory Leak Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACEDEVEL-2008699
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 9 Nov 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace-devel to version 0:3.10.0-1160.53.1.rt56.1193.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

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

A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
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SUSE

6.2 medium
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Red Hat

6.2 medium