Race Condition Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-305.el8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-2094036
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Sept 2020

Introduced: 13 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-25285  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-debug-devel to version 0:4.18.0-305.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

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

A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.

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