vulnerability

CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-7042: Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 16, 2016
Added
Aug 28, 2019
Modified
May 25, 2023

Description

The proc_keys_show function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2, when the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc) stack protector is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and panic) by reading the /proc/keys file.

Solutions

centos-upgrade-kernelcentos-upgrade-kernel-rt
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