Information Exposure Affecting kernel-kdump-devel package, versions *
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Start learning- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELKDUMPDEVEL-1371371
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed10 Jan 2017
Introduced: 10 Jan 2017
CVE-2017-5549 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 kernel-kdump-devel.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-kdump-devel package and not the kernel-kdump-devel package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
The klsi_105_get_line_state function in drivers/usb/serial/kl5kusb105.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 places uninitialized heap-memory contents into a log entry upon a failure to read the line status, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the log.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95715
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=146cc8a17a3b4996f6805ee5c080e7101277c410
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416114
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/146cc8a17a3b4996f6805ee5c080e7101277c410
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5549
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/