Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-957.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-4833108
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 21 Mar 2015
Introduced: 21 Mar 2015
CVE-2015-8830 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-957.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3083.
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.
Integer overflow in the aio_setup_single_vector function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel 4.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large AIO iovec. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2012-6701 regression.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4c185ce06dca14f5cea192f5a2c981ef50663f2b
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4f4b82694fe48b02f7a881a1797131a6dad1364
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314275
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4c185ce06dca14f5cea192f5a2c981ef50663f2b
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4f4b82694fe48b02f7a881a1797131a6dad1364
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8830
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/9
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1