Resource Injection Affecting kernel-tools-libs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-6544491
  • published 4 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 3 Apr 2024

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 kernel-tools-libs.

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, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm-crypt: don't modify the data when using authenticated encryption

It was said that authenticated encryption could produce invalid tag when the data that is being encrypted is modified [1]. So, fix this problem by copying the data into the clone bio first and then encrypt them inside the clone bio.

This may reduce performance, but it is needed to prevent the user from corrupting the device by writing data with O_DIRECT and modifying them at the same time.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240207004723.GA35324@sol.localdomain/T/

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

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

5.5 medium