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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-957.el7

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-2110499
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 7 Mar 2018
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Introduced: 7 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-1130 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-tools-libs-devel to version 0:3.10.0-957.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.

Linux kernel before version 4.16-rc7 is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() function in net/dccp/output.c in that allows a local user to cause a denial of service by a number of certain crafted system calls.

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