Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-rt-debug-kvm package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTDEBUGKVM-1938709
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed5 Oct 2018
Introduced: 5 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-17977 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:8 kernel-rt-debug-kvm.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug-kvm package and not the kernel-rt-debug-kvm package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
The Linux kernel 4.14.67 mishandles certain interaction among XFRM Netlink messages, IPPROTO_AH packets, and IPPROTO_IP packets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system hang) by leveraging root access to execute crafted applications, as demonstrated on CentOS 7.