CVE-2015-7553

Summary

CVECVE-2015-7553
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-14 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:55:00 UTC
DescriptionRace condition in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, kernel-rt and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2, when the nfnetlink_log module is loaded, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by creating netlink sockets.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Enterprise Mrg 2.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Mrg 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Enterprise Mrg 2.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Kernel-rt - All All All
Operating System Redhat Kernel-rt - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1288934 – (CVE-2015-7553) CVE-2015-7553 kernel: nfnetlink race in NETLINK_NFLOG socket creation CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
CVE-2015-7553 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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