CVE-2015-7553

low-risk

Published 2017-09-14

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.

Do I need to act?

0.04% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 4.7/10 Medium

LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (3)

Enterprise Mrg

Kernel-Rt

Enterprise Linux

Affected Vendors

Redhat

References (2)

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

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low-risk

Severity 12/34 · Low

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 9/34 · Low