Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.rt56.420.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACEDEVEL-2074719
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 25 Jan 2016

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace-devel to version 0:3.10.0-514.rt56.420.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 arch/x86/mm/tlb.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to gain privileges by triggering access to a paging structure by a different CPU.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.4 high
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Red Hat

4.9 medium