Use After Free Affecting kernel-rt-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.rt56.1131.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTDOC-2175885
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Sept 2019

Introduced: 4 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-15917  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-doc 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-doc package and not the kernel-rt-doc package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.5. There is a use-after-free issue when hci_uart_register_dev() fails in hci_uart_set_proto() in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c.

CVSS Scores

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