<p>Upgrade <code>Centos:8</code> <code>kernel</code> to version 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 or higher.</p>

Improper Resource Locking Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9

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0.05% (16^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNEL-5461707
published 25 Apr 2023
disclosed 17 Apr 2023

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Introduced: 17 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-2269 Open this link in a new tab CWE-413 Open this link in a new tab CWE-667 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel to version 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A denial of service problem was found, due to a possible recursive locking scenario, resulting in a deadlock in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in the Linux Kernel Device Mapper-Multipathing sub-component.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Local
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

High
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

None
Integrity (I)

None
Availability (A)

High

Improper Resource Locking Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9

Severity

Based on CentOS security rating