<p>Upgrade <code>RHEL:7</code> <code>kernel</code> to version 0:3.10.0-123.13.1.el7 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>RHSA-2014:1971</code>.</p>

Race Condition Affecting kernel package, versions <0:3.10.0-123.13.1.el7

Threat Intelligence

0.04% (12^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNEL-7958158
published 14 Sep 2024
disclosed 18 Jun 2014

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Introduced: 18 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-4652 Open this link in a new tab CWE-362 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel to version 0:3.10.0-123.13.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:1971.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Local
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

None
User Interaction (UI)

Required

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

Low
Integrity (I)

None
Availability (A)

None