Deadlock Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-327.rt56.204.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACEDEVEL-2056624
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 21 Apr 2015

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace-devel 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-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.

The memory resource controller (aka memcg) in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by spawning new processes within a memory-constrained cgroup.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
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Red Hat

5.7 medium