Information Exposure Affecting kernel-tools-libs package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-1985185
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed6 Mar 2017
Introduced: 6 Mar 2017
CVE-2017-8924 (opens 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.
The edge_bulk_in_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (in the dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98451
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=654b404f2a222f918af9b0cd18ad469d0c941a8e
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/654b404f2a222f918af9b0cd18ad469d0c941a8e
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8924
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886