Use After Free Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:3.10.0-1127.18.2.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-BPFTOOL-7973073
  • published14 Sept 2024
  • disclosed6 Aug 2019

Introduced: 6 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-19527  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 bpftool to version 0:3.10.0-1127.18.2.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:3220.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel before 5.2.10, there is a use-after-free bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c driver, aka CID-9c09b214f30e.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1