Use After Free Affecting kernel-rt-kvm package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.rt7.54.el8
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.07% (34th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTKVM-2075093
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 4 Sep 2019
Introduced: 4 Sep 2019
CVE-2019-15917 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-rt-kvm 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-kvm package and not the kernel-rt-kvm package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.5. There is a use-after-free issue when hci_uart_register_dev() fails in hci_uart_set_proto() in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c.
References
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15917
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.5
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/56897b217a1d0a91c9920cb418d6b3fe922f590a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4609
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
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