Off-by-one Error Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.16.1.rt56.437.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACEDEVEL-2079981
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 16 Feb 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace-devel to version 0:3.10.0-514.16.1.rt56.437.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 was found in the Linux kernel's handling of clearing SELinux attributes on /proc/pid/attr files before 4.9.10. An empty (null) write to this file can crash the system by causing the system to attempt to access unmapped kernel memory.