Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-348.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-2137683
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 11 Sep 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-348.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-extra package and not the kernel-modules-extra 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 5.8.10. virt/kvm/kvm_main.c has a kvm_io_bus_unregister_dev memory leak upon a kmalloc failure, aka CID-f65886606c2d.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

3.3 low
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SUSE

3.3 low