Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-debug package, versions <0:2.6.32-71.14.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELDEBUG-1419012
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Nov 2010

Introduced: 10 Nov 2010

CVE-2010-4668  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-debug to version 0:2.6.32-71.14.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2011:0007.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug package and not the kernel-debug package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a zero-length I/O request in a device ioctl to a SCSI device, related to an unaligned map. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4163.

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