CVE-2021-47456 Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-KERNELHEADERS-7415144
  • published2 Jul 2024
  • disclosed2 Jul 2024

Introduced: 2 Jul 2024

CVE-2021-47456  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 kernel-headers to version 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:4211.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-headers package and not the kernel-headers 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:

can: peak_pci: peak_pci_remove(): fix UAF

When remove the module peek_pci, referencing 'chan' again after releasing 'dev' will cause UAF.

Fix this by releasing 'dev' later.

The following log reveals it:

[ 35.961814 ] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in peak_pci_remove+0x16f/0x270 [peak_pci] [ 35.963414 ] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888136998ee8 by task modprobe/5537 [ 35.965513 ] Call Trace: [ 35.965718 ] dump_stack_lvl+0xa8/0xd1 [ 35.966028 ] print_address_description+0x87/0x3b0 [ 35.966420 ] kasan_report+0x172/0x1c0 [ 35.966725 ] ? peak_pci_remove+0x16f/0x270 [peak_pci] [ 35.967137 ] ? trace_irq_enable_rcuidle+0x10/0x170 [ 35.967529 ] ? peak_pci_remove+0x16f/0x270 [peak_pci] [ 35.967945 ] __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x14/0x20 [ 35.968346 ] peak_pci_remove+0x16f/0x270 [peak_pci] [ 35.968752 ] pci_device_remove+0xa9/0x250

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