Use After Free Affecting kernel-rt-debug package, versions <0:3.10.0-229.11.1.rt56.141.11.el7_1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.12% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTDEBUG-4594210
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 May 2015

Introduced: 2 May 2015

CVE-2015-3636  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-rt-debug to version 0:3.10.0-229.11.1.rt56.141.11.el7_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1565.

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 ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.3 does not initialize a certain list data structure during an unhash operation, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging the ability to make a SOCK_DGRAM socket system call for the IPPROTO_ICMP or IPPROTO_ICMPV6 protocol, and then making a connect system call after a disconnect.

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