A race-condition flaw was discovered in the kernel's netlink module creation, which can trigger a kernel panic in netlink_release->module_put for local users creating netlink sockets. The flaw is specific to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and does not affect upstream kernels. The nfnetlink_log module must be loaded before the flaw can occur.
Find out more about CVE-2015-7553 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
This issue affects the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, kernel-rt and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 and may be addressed in a future update.
| Base Score | 4.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kernel) | RHSA-2015:2152 | 2015-11-19 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | realtime-kernel | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Not affected |
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