Information Exposure Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.11.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
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-5199572
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 12 Jun 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-doc to version 0:3.10.0-693.11.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:3315.

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.

sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.5 is vulnerable to a data race in the ALSA /dev/snd/timer driver resulting in local users being able to read information belonging to other users, i.e., uninitialized memory contents may be disclosed when a read and an ioctl happen at the same time.