Memory Leak 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
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELABIWHITELISTS-5098289
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Jul 2015

Introduced: 27 Jul 2015

CVE-2015-1333  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (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.

Memory leak in the __key_link_end function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many add_key system calls that refer to existing keys.

CVSS Scores

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