Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDOC-4682928
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 25 Jan 2016

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-doc 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-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 arch/x86/mm/tlb.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to gain privileges by triggering access to a paging structure by a different CPU.