Homepage
About Snyk

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.el7

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (28th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-5167934
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 18 Apr 2017
Report a new vulnerability Found a mistake?

Introduced: 18 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-9604 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-732 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-693.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:1842.

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.

It was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.11-rc8 that root can gain direct access to an internal keyring, such as '.dns_resolver' in RHEL-7 or '.builtin_trusted_keys' upstream, by joining it as its session keyring. This allows root to bypass module signature verification by adding a new public key of its own devising to the keyring.