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Use After Free Affecting kernel-debug-core package, versions <0:4.18.0-193.el8

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELDEBUGCORE-2038721
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 14 Jan 2020
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Introduced: 14 Jan 2020

CVE-2020-7053 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-debug-core to version 0:4.18.0-193.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel 4.14 longterm through 4.14.165 and 4.19 longterm through 4.19.96 (and 5.x before 5.2), there is a use-after-free (write) in the i915_ppgtt_close function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c, aka CID-7dc40713618c. This is related to i915_gem_context_destroy_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c.

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CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.8 high
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SUSE

5.3 medium