Code Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-229.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDEVEL-4524100
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 9 Nov 2013
How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-devel to version 0:3.10.0-229.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:0290.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.13 performs certain operations on lists of files with an inappropriate locking approach, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft lockup or system crash) via unspecified use of Asynchronous I/O (AIO) operations.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198503
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8172
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/09/3
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0290
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87