Race Condition Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions <0:4.5.0-15.2.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
81.66% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-2070007
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Oct 2016

Introduced: 19 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-5195  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-tools-libs-devel to version 0:4.5.0-15.2.1.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

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

Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of a copy-on-write (COW) feature to write to a read-only memory mapping, as exploited in the wild in October 2016, aka "Dirty COW."

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