Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-1062.rt56.1022.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACEDEVEL-2139565
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 27 Jun 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace-devel to version 0:3.10.0-1062.rt56.1022.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 alarm_timer_nsleep function in kernel/time/alarmtimer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3 has an integer overflow via a large relative timeout because ktime_add_safe is not used.