Memory Leak Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-KERNELDEVEL-8347471
  • published6 Nov 2024
  • disclosed5 Nov 2024

Introduced: 5 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-42070  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 kernel-devel to version 0:4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:8856.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: fully validate NFT_DATA_VALUE on store to data registers

register store validation for NFT_DATA_VALUE is conditional, however, the datatype is always either NFT_DATA_VALUE or NFT_DATA_VERDICT. This only requires a new helper function to infer the register type from the set datatype so this conditional check can be removed. Otherwise, pointer to chain object can be leaked through the registers.

CVSS Scores

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