NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACEDEVEL-2089175
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 4 Feb 2017
Introduced: 4 Feb 2017
CVE-2017-5970 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace-devel to version 0:3.10.0-693.rt56.617.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 ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that makes crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96233
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421638
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/724136/
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5970
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/12/3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077