Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.rt56.617.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-2089929
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 24 Jan 2017

How 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 nested_vmx_check_vmptr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 improperly emulates the VMXON instruction, which allows KVM L1 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory consumption) by leveraging the mishandling of page references.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
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Red Hat

5.8 medium