Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting kernel-rt-trace package, versions <0:3.10.0-327.36.3.rt56.238.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.75% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTTRACE-5122188
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Oct 2016

Introduced: 13 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-8666  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-rt-trace to version 0:3.10.0-327.36.3.rt56.238.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2110.

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.

The IP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for packets with tunnel stacking, as demonstrated by interleaved IPv4 headers and GRE headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-7039.

CVSS Scores

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