Memory Leak Affecting kernel-rt-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTMODULES-2435115
- published 29 Mar 2022
- disclosed 13 Mar 2022
Introduced: 13 Mar 2022
CVE-2022-27950 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-rt-modules to version 0:4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-modules package and not the kernel-rt-modules package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
In drivers/hid/hid-elo.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.11, a memory leak exists for a certain hid_parse error condition.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27950
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7444
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.11
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=817b8b9c5396d2b2d92311b46719aad5d3339dbe
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/817b8b9c5396d2b2d92311b46719aad5d3339dbe
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/13/1
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