Race Condition Affecting kernel-kdump-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-123.6.3.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    3.05% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELKDUMPDEVEL-4972922
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 20 Feb 2014

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-kdump-devel to version 0:3.10.0-123.6.3.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:1023.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-kdump-devel package and not the kernel-kdump-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in the ath_tx_aggr_sleep function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a large amount of network traffic that triggers certain list deletions.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

5.9 medium