Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACEDEVEL-2099696
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 8 Dec 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace-devel to version 0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.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 hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte function in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13. A superfluous implicit page unlock for VM_SHARED hugetlbfs mapping could trigger a local denial of service (BUG).

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.5 medium
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Red Hat

4.7 medium