Use After Free Affecting kernel-kdump package, versions <0:2.6.32-71.18.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELKDUMP-1425865
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Nov 2010

Introduced: 9 Nov 2010

CVE-2010-4169  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-kdump to version 0:2.6.32-71.18.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2011:0283.

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.

Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mprotect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an mprotect system call.

CVSS Scores

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