Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-3334276
- published 28 Feb 2023
- disclosed 28 Jan 2023
Introduced: 28 Jan 2023
CVE-2023-1075 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-tools-libs-devel to version 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs-devel package and not the kernel-tools-libs-devel 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. The tls_is_tx_ready() incorrectly checks for list emptiness, potentially accessing a type confused entry to the list_head, leaking the last byte of the confused field that overlaps with rec->tx_ready.