Use After Free Affecting kernel-rt-trace-kvm package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.rt56.420.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.73% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTTRACEKVM-2074153
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Feb 2016

Introduced: 14 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-2384  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-trace-kvm to version 0:3.10.0-514.rt56.420.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-trace-kvm package and not the kernel-rt-trace-kvm package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Double free vulnerability in the snd_usbmidi_create function in sound/usb/midi.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an invalid USB descriptor.

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