Resource Management Errors Affecting kernel-kdump package, versions <0:2.6.32-220.17.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELKDUMP-1438875
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Feb 2012

Introduced: 7 Feb 2012

CVE-2012-1601  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-kdump to version 0:2.6.32-220.17.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:0571.

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.

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.6 allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by making a KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP ioctl call after a virtual CPU already exists.

CVSS Scores

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