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Use After Free Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.el7

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDOC-5176067
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 11 Jan 2017
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Introduced: 11 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-2584 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-doc 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-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted application that leverages instruction emulation for fxrstor, fxsave, sgdt, and sidt.