Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting kernel-abi-whitelists package, versions <0:3.10.0-327.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELABIWHITELISTS-4561604
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Apr 2015

Introduced: 13 Apr 2015

CVE-2015-6526  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-abi-whitelists to version 0:3.10.0-327.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:2152.

NVD Description

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

The perf_callchain_user_64 function in arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.2 on ppc64 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a deep 64-bit userspace backtrace.

CVSS Scores

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