Information Exposure Affecting kernel-rt package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-KERNELRT-9892101
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed13 Aug 2020

Introduced: 13 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-29371  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 kernel-rt.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in romfs_dev_read in fs/romfs/storage.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.4. Uninitialized memory leaks to userspace, aka CID-bcf85fcedfdd.

CVSS Base Scores

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