<p>Upgrade <code>Centos:7</code> <code>kernel-rt-trace-devel</code> to version 0:3.10.0-1160.118.1.rt56.1269.el7 or higher.</p>

NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.118.1.rt56.1269.el7

Threat Intelligence

0.06% (24^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACEDEVEL-2964754
published 11 Apr 2024
disclosed 10 Feb 2020

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Introduced: 10 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-36558 Open this link in a new tab CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace-devel to version 0:3.10.0-1160.118.1.rt56.1269.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 race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.5.7 involving VT_RESIZEX could lead to a NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Local
Attack Complexity (AC)

High
Privileges Required (PR)

None
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

None
Integrity (I)

None
Availability (A)

High

NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-trace-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.118.1.rt56.1269.el7

Severity

Based on CentOS security rating