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HistoryJan 26, 2016 - 2:08 a.m.

kernel, perf, python security update

2016-01-2602:08:06
CentOS Project
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7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

0.4%

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:0064

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.

  • A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux kernelโ€™s key
    management subsystem handled keyring object reference counting in certain
    error path of the join_session_keyring() function. A local, unprivileged
    user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.
    (CVE-2016-0728, Important)

Red Hat would like to thank the Perception Point research team for
reporting this issue.

All kernel users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The system must be
rebooted for this update to take effect.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-January/083787.html

Affected packages:
kernel
kernel-abi-whitelists
kernel-debug
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-devel
kernel-doc
kernel-headers
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-tools-libs-devel
perf
python-perf

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0064

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

0.4%