Improper Update of Reference Count Affecting kernel-zfcpdump package, versions <0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8
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0.05% (16th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELZFCPDUMP-2988479
- published 20 Aug 2022
- disclosed 2 Jun 2022
Introduced: 2 Jun 2022
CVE-2022-36879 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-zfcpdump to version 0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-zfcpdump package and not the kernel-zfcpdump package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.14. xfrm_expand_policies in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount to be dropped twice.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-36879
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f85daf0e725358be78dfd208dea5fd665d8cb901
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00000.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220901-0007/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5207
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