CVE-2016-10208
Mounting a crafted EXT4 image read-only leads to an attacker controlled memory corruption and SLAB-Out-of-Bounds reads.
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Statement
This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, MRG-2 and realtime kernels. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is currently planned to be addressed in future updates.
This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.7 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.2 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2017:1297 | 2017-05-25 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2017:1298 | 2017-05-25 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kernel) | RHSA-2017:1308 | 2017-05-25 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | realtime-kernel | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Not affected |