Use After Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package kernel-rt-debug-kvm  (opens in a new tab)


Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Attacked
EPSS
6.59% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTDEBUGKVM-2387774
  • published29 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Dec 2021

Introduced: 15 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-22600  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Centos security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Centos:8.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug-kvm package and not the kernel-rt-debug-kvm package as distributed by Centos.

A double free bug in packet_set_ring() in net/packet/af_packet.c can be exploited by a local user through crafted syscalls to escalate privileges or deny service. We recommend upgrading kernel past the effected versions or rebuilding past ec6af094ea28f0f2dda1a6a33b14cd57e36a9755