Race Condition Affecting linux-5.10 package, versions <5.10.158-2~deb10u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-LINUX510-3177728
  • published17 Oct 2022
  • disclosed16 Oct 2022

Introduced: 16 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-3521  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 linux-5.10 to version 5.10.158-2~deb10u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-5.10 package and not the linux-5.10 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function kcm_tx_work of the file net/kcm/kcmsock.c of the component kcm. The manipulation leads to race condition. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-211018 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1