Use After Free Affecting kernel-rt-modules-extra package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTMODULESEXTRA-2964610
  • published 1 Aug 2022
  • disclosed 21 Mar 2020

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 kernel-rt-modules-extra.

NVD Description

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

A race condition in the Linux kernel before 5.6.2 between the VT_DISALLOCATE ioctl and closing/opening of ttys could lead to a use-after-free.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

5.1 medium
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SUSE

7.8 high