CVE-2015-7553

Published: Sep 14, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

4.7

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

Race condition in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, kernel-rt and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2, when the nfnetlink_log module is loaded, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by creating netlink sockets.

Affected (3)

Products: Redhat: Enterprise Linux, Enterprise Mrg, Kernel Rt

3 products

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 7.0
Redhat Enterprise Mrg	Version 2.0
Redhat Kernel Rt	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (2)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1288934

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1288934

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory

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