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Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-rt-debug package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTDEBUG-1374674
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 6 Mar 2017
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Introduced: 6 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-8925 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-772 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-rt-debug.

NVD Description

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

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