Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *
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0.04% (12th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDOC-1331624
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 28 Jan 2015
How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-doc.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
Race condition in the handle_to_path function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel through 3.19.1 allows local users to bypass intended size restrictions and trigger read operations on additional memory locations by changing the handle_bytes value of a file handle during the execution of this function.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72357
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187534
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1420
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=142247707318982&w=2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/12
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2660-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2661-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2665-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2667-1
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