Race Condition Affecting kernel-debug-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-147.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELDEBUGMODULES-2543777
  • 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)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-debug-modules to version 0:4.18.0-147.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-3517.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-modules package and not the kernel-debug-modules package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 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.