Unchecked Error Condition Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:3.10.0-862.2.3.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELTOOLS-7962887
- published14 Sept 2024
- disclosed13 Sept 2017
Introduced: 13 Sep 2017
CVE-2018-1091 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-tools to version 0:3.10.0-862.2.3.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:1318.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools package and not the kernel-tools package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the flush_tmregs_to_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.5, a guest kernel crash can be triggered from unprivileged userspace during a core dump on a POWER host due to a missing processor feature check and an erroneous use of transactional memory (TM) instructions in the core dump path, leading to a denial of service.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c1fa0768a8713b135848f78fd43ffc208d8ded70
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/27/4
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1091
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1558149
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c1fa0768a8713b135848f78fd43ffc208d8ded70
- https://marc.info/?l=linuxppc-embedded&m=150535531910494&w=2
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.5
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1091
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1318