It was discovered that root can gain direct access to an internal keyring, such as '.dns_resolver' in RHEL-7 or '.builtin_trusted_keys' upstream, by joining it as its session keyring. This allows root to bypass module signature verification by adding a new public key of its own devising to the keyring.
Find out more about CVE-2016-9604 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as the code with the flaw is not present in this product.
This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 and MRG-2. Future Linux kernel updates for the respective releases might address this issue.
Base Score | 1.2 |
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Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Access Vector | Local |
Access Complexity | High |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | Partial |
Availability Impact | None |
CVSS3 Base Score | 4.4 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
Attack Vector | Local |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | High |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity Impact | High |
Availability Impact | None |
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Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kernel) | RHSA-2017:1842 | 2017-08-01 |
Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2017:2669 | 2017-09-06 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2017:2077 | 2017-08-01 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Not affected |