What is RHSA-2016:1541?

RHSA-2016:1541 is a security advisory published by Red Hat Product Security with High severity. Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

Which CVE IDs does RHSA-2016:1541 cover?

RHSA-2016:1541 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2015-8660, CVE-2016-4470. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of RHSA-2016:1541?

RHSA-2016:1541 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by Red Hat Product Security.

Which products are affected by RHSA-2016:1541?

RHSA-2016:1541 affects 32 products, including: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7); Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7); kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7); kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7); kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7); and others — see the full list on the advisory page.

RHSA-2016:1541HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

Vendor

Red Hat Product Security

Published

August 2, 2016

Last Modified

November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2015-8660 →CVE-2016-4470 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-8660 — kernel: Permission bypass on overlayfs during copy_up CVE-2016-4470 — kernel: Uninitialized variable in request_key handling causes kernel crash in error handling path

🎯 Affected products32

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7)
kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7)
kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-debug-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7)
kernel-rt-debug-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7)
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-debug-devel-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7)
kernel-rt-debug-devel-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-debug-kvm-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7)
kernel-rt-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7)
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-devel-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7)
kernel-rt-devel-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-doc-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7)
kernel-rt-doc-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-kvm-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-kvm-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-trace-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7)
kernel-rt-trace-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7)
kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
kernel-rt-trace-devel-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime (v. 7)
kernel-rt-trace-devel-0:3.10.0-327.28.2.rt56.234.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

📋 Description

🎯 Affected products32

✅ Remediation

🔗 References (6)