NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.rt56.420.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTDEVEL-5125976
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Aug 2016

Introduced: 19 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-6327  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-rt-devel to version 0:3.10.0-514.rt56.420.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2584.

NVD Description

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

drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an ABORT_TASK command to abort a device write operation.