CVE-2021-47432 Affecting kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-KERNELRTDEBUGMODULESEXTRA-8095684
  • published25 Sept 2024
  • disclosed24 Sept 2024

Introduced: 24 Sep 2024

CVE-2021-47432  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:7001.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra package and not the kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 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:

lib/generic-radix-tree.c: Don't overflow in peek()

When we started spreading new inode numbers throughout most of the 64 bit inode space, that triggered some corner case bugs, in particular some integer overflows related to the radix tree code. Oops.

CVSS Scores

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