Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.el7

Q: How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-514.el7 or higher. This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2574 .

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Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-4682795
published26 Jul 2021
disclosed28 Dec 2015

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Introduced: 28 Dec 2015

CVE-2016-2847 (opens in a new tab) CWE-400 (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-514.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2574.

NVD Description

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

fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating many pipes with non-default sizes.