Race Condition Affecting kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-193.13.2.el8_2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELZFCPDUMPMODULESEXTRA-2043734
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Jan 2020

Introduced: 30 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-3016  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-193.13.2.el8_2 or higher.

NVD Description

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

In a Linux KVM guest that has PV TLB enabled, a process in the guest kernel may be able to read memory locations from another process in the same guest. This problem is limit to the host running linux kernel 4.10 with a guest running linux kernel 4.16 or later. The problem mainly affects AMD processors but Intel CPUs cannot be ruled out.

CVSS Scores

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