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Use After Free Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-862.46.1.el7

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-4824714
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 5 Dec 2017
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Introduced: 5 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-0861 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-debug-devel to version 0:3.10.0-862.46.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:0036.

NVD Description

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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the snd_pcm_info function in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel allows attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

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