NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.10.2.rt56.435.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACEDEVEL-2078669
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 2 Nov 2016
Introduced: 2 Nov 2016
CVE-2016-8630 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace-devel to version 0:3.10.0-514.10.2.rt56.435.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 x86_decode_insn function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7, when KVM is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a certain use of a ModR/M byte in an undefined instruction.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94459
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d9092f52d7e61dd1557f2db2400ddb430e85937e
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393350
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d9092f52d7e61dd1557f2db2400ddb430e85937e
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.7
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8630
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/3
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0387