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Race Condition Affecting kernel-tools-libs package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-1970054
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 19 Jan 2016
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Introduced: 19 Jan 2016

CVE-2016-7916 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-362 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-tools-libs.

NVD Description

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

Race condition in the environ_read function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a /proc/*/environ file during a process-setup time interval in which environment-variable copying is incomplete.