Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-rt-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTDOC-5136223
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 May 2017

Introduced: 19 May 2017

CVE-2017-9242  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-rt-doc to version 0:3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2077.

NVD Description

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

The __ip6_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.3 is too late in checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure may occur, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted system calls.