Race Condition Affecting perf package, versions <0:3.10.0-123.13.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PERF-5028281
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed18 Jun 2014

Introduced: 18 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-4652  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 perf to version 0:3.10.0-123.13.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:1971.

NVD Description

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

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

CVSS Scores

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