Race Condition Affecting kernel-rt-trace package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.2.1.rt56.620.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTTRACE-4718195
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Aug 2017

Introduced: 3 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-7533  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-642  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-rt-trace to version 0:3.10.0-693.2.1.rt56.620.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2585.

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.

Race condition in the fsnotify implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.12.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted application that leverages simultaneous execution of the inotify_handle_event and vfs_rename functions.

CVSS Scores

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