Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting python-perf package, versions <0:3.10.0-957.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-PYTHONPERF-2524312
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed8 Mar 2018

Introduced: 8 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-7757  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 python-perf to version 0:3.10.0-957.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-3083.

NVD Description

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

Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many read accesses to files in the /sys/class/sas_phy directory, as demonstrated by the /sys/class/sas_phy/phy-1:0:12/invalid_dword_count file.