Race Condition Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
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- published 4 Nov 2024
- disclosed 30 Apr 2024
Introduced: 30 Apr 2024
CVE-2023-42756 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-tools to version 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:2394.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools package and not the kernel-tools package as distributed by AlmaLinux.
See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw was found in the Netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A race condition between IPSET_CMD_ADD and IPSET_CMD_SWAP can lead to a kernel panic due to the invocation of __ip_set_put on a wrong set. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system.
References
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2394.html
- https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-42756.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42756
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2239848
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q3/242
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GISYSL3F6WIEVGHJGLC2MFNTUXHPTKQH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GPMICQ2HVZO5UAM5KPXHAZKA2U3ZDOO6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V5PDNWPKAP3WL5RQZ4RIDS6MG32OHH5R/