<p>Upgrade <code>RHEL:7</code> <code>kernel-doc</code> to version 0:3.10.0-327.el7 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>RHSA-2015:2152</code>.</p>

Race Condition Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-327.el7

Threat Intelligence

0.06% (30^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDOC-5087547
published 26 Jul 2021
disclosed 24 Sep 2014

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Introduced: 24 Sep 2014

CVE-2014-7842 Open this link in a new tab CWE-362 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-doc to version 0:3.10.0-327.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:2152.

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/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application that performs an MMIO transaction or a PIO transaction to trigger a guest userspace emulation error report, a similar issue to CVE-2010-5313.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Local
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

None
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

None
Integrity (I)

None
Availability (A)

High