VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-7553

CVSS score4.7 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.21%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-09-14

Last modified2026-06-17

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

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.

Weakness classification

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Primary references

secalert@redhat.com — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory