Race Condition Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-3160492
- published 7 Dec 2022
- disclosed 23 Nov 2022
Introduced: 23 Nov 2022
CVE-2022-45869 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-modules-extra 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-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.
A race condition in the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash or host OS memory corruption) when nested virtualisation and the TDP MMU are enabled.
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