Use After Free Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    0.04% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-4776832
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 20 Sep 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0151.

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.

net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of packet_fanout data structures, because of a race condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6346.