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Divide By Zero Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.5.2.el7

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDOC-7960643
  • published 14 Sep 2024
  • disclosed 1 Sep 2017
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Introduced: 1 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14106 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-369 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-doc to version 0:3.10.0-693.5.2.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2930.

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 tcp_disconnect function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (__tcp_select_window divide-by-zero error and system crash) by triggering a disconnect within a certain tcp_recvmsg code path.