Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.rt56.1131.el7


Severity

high

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACEDEVEL-2175225
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 21 Nov 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace-devel to version 0:3.10.0-1160.rt56.1131.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.

Two memory leaks in the rtl_usb_probe() function in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-3f9361695113.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

4.6 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Physical
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

4.6 medium
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SUSE

4.6 medium
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Red Hat

4.6 medium