Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting kernel-kdump-devel package, versions <0:2.6.32-754.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELKDUMPDEVEL-1518080
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 May 2012

Introduced: 21 May 2012

CVE-2012-6701  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-kdump-devel to version 0:2.6.32-754.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:1854.

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.

Integer overflow in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large AIO iovec.

CVSS Scores

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