Race Condition Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-6265142
  • published23 Feb 2024
  • disclosed21 Feb 2024

Introduced: 21 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-26583  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 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.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tls: fix race between async notify and socket close

The submitting thread (one which called recvmsg/sendmsg) may exit as soon as the async crypto handler calls complete() so any code past that point risks touching already freed data.

Try to avoid the locking and extra flags altogether. Have the main thread hold an extra reference, this way we can depend solely on the atomic ref counter for synchronization.

Don't futz with reiniting the completion, either, we are now tightly controlling when completion fires.

CVSS Scores

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