Race Condition Affecting kernel-rt package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.rt56.1131.el7
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0.18% (57th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRT-2176961
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 12 Aug 2019
Introduced: 12 Aug 2019
CVE-2019-19537 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt to version 0:3.10.0-1160.rt56.1131.el7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt package and not the kernel-rt package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel before 5.2.10, there is a race condition bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the USB character device driver layer, aka CID-303911cfc5b9. This affects drivers/usb/core/file.c.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19537
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2.10
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=303911cfc5b95d33687d9046133ff184cf5043ff
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/03/4
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4062
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html
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