CVE-2015-7553: Race Condition
First published: Mon Dec 07 2015(Updated: )
A race condition in netlink socket creation can trigger a kernel panic in netlink_release->module_put for local users creating netlink sockets. This issue is specific to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and does not affect upstream kernels. This issue was introduced in commit 3500659804251facce0cf4ee2ca657e0108e9a4f. This was introduced in kernel-3.10.0-304.el7 in the fix titled: [net] netfilter: log: protect nf_log_register against double registering. It requires the nfnetlink_log module to be loaded to be effective. This commit was introduced as part of a patchset that was required to backport netfilter functionality from upstream while attempting to maintain KABI. This flaw is RHEL specific.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Mrg | =2.0 | |
| Redhat Kernel-rt |
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