Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-rt-kvm package, versions <0:3.10.0-957.rt56.910.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-KERNELRTKVM-4845218
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Mar 2018

Introduced: 7 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-7740  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-rt-kvm to version 0:3.10.0-957.rt56.910.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3096.

NVD Description

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

The resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) via a crafted application that makes mmap system calls and has a large pgoff argument to the remap_file_pages system call.