Use After Free Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-1062.7.1.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDOC-2149434
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed20 Aug 2019
Introduced: 20 Aug 2019
CVE-2019-15239 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-doc to version 0:3.10.0-1062.7.1.el7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, a certain net/ipv4/tcp_output.c change, which was properly incorporated into 4.16.12, was incorrectly backported to the earlier longterm kernels, introducing a new vulnerability that was potentially more severe than the issue that was intended to be fixed by backporting. Specifically, by adding to a write queue between disconnection and re-connection, a local attacker can trigger multiple use-after-free conditions. This can result in a kernel crash, or potentially in privilege escalation. NOTE: this affects (for example) Linux distributions that use 4.9.x longterm kernels before 4.9.190 or 4.14.x longterm kernels before 4.14.139.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15239
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7f582b248d0a86bae5788c548d7bb5bca6f7691a
- https://lore.kernel.org/stable/41a61a2f87691d2bc839f26cdfe6f5ff2f51e472.camel@decadent.org.uk/
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/linux-kernel-4.9-tcpsocketsuaf
- https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/kernel-sec/blob/f6273af2d956a87296b6b60379d0a186c9be4bbc/active/CVE-2019-15239
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3979
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
- https://lore.kernel.org/stable/41a61a2f87691d2bc839f26cdfe6f5ff2f51e472.camel%40decadent.org.uk/