Improper Privilege Management Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-348.23.1.el8_5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-5609191
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed26 Apr 2022

Introduced: 26 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-25636  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 kernel-tools-libs-devel to version 0:4.18.0-348.23.1.el8_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2022:1550.

NVD Description

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

net/netfilter/nf_dup_netdev.c in the Linux kernel 5.4 through 5.6.10 allows local users to gain privileges because of a heap out-of-bounds write. This is related to nf_tables_offload.

CVSS Scores

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