CVE-2019-13272 Affecting kernel-debug-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-80.7.2.el8_0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.27% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELDEBUGMODULESEXTRA-2536995
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed17 Jul 2019

Introduced: 17 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-13272  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-debug-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-80.7.2.el8_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2411.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel before 5.1.17, ptrace_link in kernel/ptrace.c mishandles the recording of the credentials of a process that wants to create a ptrace relationship, which allows local users to obtain root access by leveraging certain scenarios with a parent-child process relationship, where a parent drops privileges and calls execve (potentially allowing control by an attacker). One contributing factor is an object lifetime issue (which can also cause a panic). Another contributing factor is incorrect marking of a ptrace relationship as privileged, which is exploitable through (for example) Polkit's pkexec helper with PTRACE_TRACEME. NOTE: SELinux deny_ptrace might be a usable workaround in some environments.

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