NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-debug package, versions <0:3.10.0-327.rt56.204.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTDEBUG-4567085
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Sept 2015

Introduced: 22 Sep 2015

CVE-2015-5283  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-665  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-rt-debug to version 0:3.10.0-327.rt56.204.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:2411.

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.

The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished.

CVSS Base Scores

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