Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDEVEL-4643737
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 13 Apr 2016
Introduced: 13 Apr 2016
CVE-2015-8844 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-devel to version 0:3.10.0-514.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2574.
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 signal implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 on powerpc platforms does not check for an MSR with both the S and T bits set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (TM Bad Thing exception and panic) via a crafted application.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d2b9d2a5ad5ef04ff978c9923d19730cb05efd55
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326540
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d2b9d2a5ad5ef04ff978c9923d19730cb05efd55
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.5
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8844
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/13/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2574
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035594