Memory Leak Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions <0:2.6.32-431.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-1473811
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Dec 2012

Introduced: 10 Dec 2012

CVE-2013-4592  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-debug-devel to version 0:2.6.32-431.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2013:1645.

NVD Description

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

Memory leak in the __kvm_set_memory_region function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging certain device access to trigger movement of memory slots.

CVSS Scores

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