Race Condition Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-327.36.3.rt56.238.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    87.94% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACEDEVEL-2070013
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 19 Oct 2016

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace-devel to version 0:3.10.0-327.36.3.rt56.238.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.

Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of a copy-on-write (COW) feature to write to a read-only memory mapping, as exploited in the wild in October 2016, aka "Dirty COW."

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.8 high
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Red Hat

7.8 high