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Uncaught Exception Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-862.el7

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.25% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDOC-4776069
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 1 Dec 2017
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Introduced: 1 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-1000407 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-248 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-doc to version 0:3.10.0-862.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:1062.

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.

The Linux Kernel 2.6.32 and later are affected by a denial of service, by flooding the diagnostic port 0x80 an exception can be triggered leading to a kernel panic.