Race Condition Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:3.8.13-118.2.1.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDOC-2502798
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed19 Oct 2015

Introduced: 19 Oct 2015

CVE-2015-7613  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:3.8.13-118.2.1.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-3101.

NVD Description

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

Race condition in the IPC object implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an ipc_addid call that leads to uid and gid comparisons against uninitialized data, related to msg.c, shm.c, and util.c.

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