vulnerability

CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-8797: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2017-07-02
Added
2019-08-28
Modified
2023-05-25

Description

The NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel before 4.11.3 does not properly validate the layout type when processing the NFSv4 pNFS GETDEVICEINFO or LAYOUTGET operand in a UDP packet from a remote attacker. This type value is uninitialized upon encountering certain error conditions. This value is used as an array index for dereferencing, which leads to an OOPS and eventually a DoS of knfsd and a soft-lockup of the whole system.

Solution(s)

centos-upgrade-kernelcentos-upgrade-kernel-rt
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