A flaw was found in the implementation of associative arrays where the add_key systemcall and KEYCTL_UPDATE operations allowed for a NULL payload with a nonzero length. When accessing the payload within this length parameters value, an unprivileged user could trivially cause a NULL pointer dereference (kernel oops).
Find out more about CVE-2017-15274 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5,6,7, MRG-2 and realtime kernels.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 has transitioned to Production phase 3.
During the Production 3 Phase, Critical impact Security Advisories (RHSAs)
and selected Urgent Priority Bug Fix Advisories (RHBAs) may be released
as they become available.
At this time this bug is not meet this critera and is unlikley to be fixed
for these releases.
The official life cycle policy can be reviewed here:
http://redhat.com/rhel/lifecycle
Future Linux kernel updates for the products in production phase 1 and 2, namely Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6, 7 and MRG-2 may address this issue.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kernel) | RHSA-2018:1062 | 2018-04-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2018:0676 | 2018-04-10 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | realtime-kernel | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-alt | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Will not fix |
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