Use After Free Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDEVEL-4688424
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 17 May 2017
Introduced: 17 May 2017
CVE-2017-9075 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-devel 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-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 sctp_v6_create_accept_sk function in net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles inheritance, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls, a related issue to CVE-2017-8890.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98597
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fdcee2cbb8438702ea1b328fb6e0ac5e9a40c7f8
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdcee2cbb8438702ea1b328fb6e0ac5e9a40c7f8
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/763569/
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-10-01
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9075
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842