Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting kernel-abi-whitelists package, versions <0:3.10.0-229.14.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
41.34% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELABIWHITELISTS-5064463
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Jul 2015

Introduced: 1 Jul 2015

CVE-2015-5364  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-abi-whitelists to version 0:3.10.0-229.14.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1778.

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 (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not properly consider yielding a processor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via incorrect checksums within a UDP packet flood.

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CVSS Scores

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