Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-rt-selftests-internal package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTSELFTESTSINTERNAL-1949381
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 9 Dec 2019
Introduced: 9 Dec 2019
CVE-2019-20812 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:8 kernel-rt-selftests-internal.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-selftests-internal package and not the kernel-rt-selftests-internal package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.4.7. The prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo() function in net/packet/af_packet.c can result in a denial of service (CPU consumption and soft lockup) in a certain failure case involving TPACKET_V3, aka CID-b43d1f9f7067.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20812
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.7
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b43d1f9f7067c6759b1051e8ecb84e82cef569fe
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4431
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html