Race Condition Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:3.10.0-1127.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELHEADERS-2547024
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed4 Jul 2019

Introduced: 4 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-13233  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-headers to version 0:3.10.0-1127.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-1016.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-headers package and not the kernel-headers package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.9, there is a use-after-free for access to an LDT entry because of a race condition between modify_ldt() and a #BR exception for an MPX bounds violation.