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CVE-2015-7553

Race condition in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, kernel-rt and Red Hat Enterprise MRG...

4.7 Medium

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.21%Down 0.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.7

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.

Record
CVE-2015-7553
CVSS 3.0
4.7 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.7 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2015-7553
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-7467 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2015-7467
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c35m-qv8m-73h9 4.7

Race condition in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, kernel-rt and Red Hat Enterprise MRG...

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.

Record
GHSA-c35m-qv8m-73h9
CVSS 3.0
4.7 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools-libs-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
python-perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-abi-whitelists
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
python-perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools-libs-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
python-perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-abi-whitelists
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
python-perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools-libs-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
python-perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-abi-whitelists
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-bootwrapper
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-kdump
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-kdump-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-kdump-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
python-perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools-libs-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
python-perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-abi-whitelists
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
kernel-tools-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7
python-perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:3.10.0-327.el7
0:3.10.0-327.el7

History

History
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-7553 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published September 14, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 11th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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