Race Condition Affecting kernel-kdump package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELKDUMP-1360134
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Feb 2017

Introduced: 10 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-10661  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 kernel-kdump.

NVD Description

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

Race condition in fs/timerfd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.15 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (list corruption or use-after-free) via simultaneous file-descriptor operations that leverage improper might_cancel queueing.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1