Race Condition Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:7.0.0-284.25.1.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-BPFTOOL-5828684
  • published8 Aug 2023
  • disclosed1 Aug 2023

Introduced: 1 Aug 2023

CVE-2022-45869  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 bpftool to version 0:7.0.0-284.25.1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:4377.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool package and not the bpftool package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A race condition in the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash or host OS memory corruption) when nested virtualisation and the TDP MMU are enabled.

CVSS Scores

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