Use After Free Affecting kernel-rt-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.rt7.54.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTDEVEL-2075691
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Dec 2019

Introduced: 10 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-19447  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-rt-devel to version 0:4.18.0-240.rt7.54.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel 5.0.21, mounting a crafted ext4 filesystem image, performing some operations, and unmounting can lead to a use-after-free in ext4_put_super in fs/ext4/super.c, related to dump_orphan_list in fs/ext4/super.c.

CVSS Scores

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