Detection of Error Condition Without Action Affecting kernel-rt-trace package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed8 Apr 2017
Introduced: 8 Apr 2017
CVE-2017-7616 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-rt-trace 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-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.
Incorrect error handling in the set_mempolicy and mbind compat syscalls in mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized stack data by triggering failure of a certain bitmap operation.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97527
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7616
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038503