Detection of Error Condition Without Action 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-1518915
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Apr 2017

Introduced: 8 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7616  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-390  (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.

Incorrect error handling in the set_mempolicy and mbind compat syscalls in mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized stack data by triggering failure of a certain bitmap operation.