Race Condition Affecting kernel-rt-core package, versions <0:4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTCORE-2127809
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 3 Jun 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-rt-core to version 0:4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in __split_huge_pmd in mm/huge_memory.c in the Linux kernel before 5.7.5. The copy-on-write implementation can grant unintended write access because of a race condition in a THP mapcount check, aka CID-c444eb564fb1.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

7 high
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SUSE

7 high