Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-rt-debug package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.17.1.rt56.636.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    0.04% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTDEBUG-4823869
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 1 Apr 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-rt-debug to version 0:3.10.0-693.17.1.rt56.636.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0152.

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 KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.