Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-tools-libs package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-2054308
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 27 Nov 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-tools-libs to version 0:4.18.0-240.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel before 5.2, a setxattr operation, after a mount of a crafted ext4 image, can cause a slab-out-of-bounds write access because of an ext4_xattr_set_entry use-after-free in fs/ext4/xattr.c when a large old_size value is used in a memset call, aka CID-345c0dbf3a30.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.8 high
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SUSE

6.6 medium