Execution with Unnecessary Privileges Affecting kernel-rt-trace package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.rt56.1131.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTTRACE-1530763
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Sept 2019

Introduced: 20 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-17053  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-250  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-rt-trace to version 0:3.10.0-1160.rt56.1131.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4062.

NVD Description

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

ieee802154_create in net/ieee802154/socket.c in the AF_IEEE802154 network module in the Linux kernel through 5.3.2 does not enforce CAP_NET_RAW, which means that unprivileged users can create a raw socket, aka CID-e69dbd4619e7.

CVSS Scores

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