Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting kernel-rt-modules-extra package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELRTMODULESEXTRA-5822140
  • published7 Aug 2023
  • disclosed3 Aug 2023

Introduced: 3 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-4194  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

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 flaw was found in the Linux kernel's TUN/TAP functionality. This issue could allow a local user to bypass network filters and gain unauthorized access to some resources. The original patches fixing CVE-2023-1076 are incorrect or incomplete. The problem is that the following upstream commits - a096ccca6e50 ("tun: tun_chr_open(): correctly initialize socket uid"), - 66b2c338adce ("tap: tap_open(): correctly initialize socket uid"), pass "inode->i_uid" to sock_init_data_uid() as the last parameter and that turns out to not be accurate.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1