Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-147.el8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELDOC-2000127
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Mar 2019

Introduced: 19 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-20811  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-460  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-147.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.6. In rx_queue_add_kobject() and netdev_queue_add_kobject() in net/core/net-sysfs.c, a reference count is mishandled, aka CID-a3e23f719f5c.

CVSS Scores

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