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Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-debug package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.el7

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDEBUG-5155528
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 1 Dec 2016
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Introduced: 1 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9685 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-772 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-debug 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-debug package and not the kernel-debug package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple memory leaks in error paths in fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XFS filesystem operations.