Resource Leak Affecting kernel package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNEL-7811808
- published 22 Aug 2024
- disclosed 21 Aug 2024
Introduced: 21 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-43873 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vhost/vsock: always initialize seqpacket_allow
There are two issues around seqpacket_allow:
- seqpacket_allow is not initialized when socket is created. Thus if features are never set, it will be read uninitialized.
- if VIRTIO_VSOCK_F_SEQPACKET is set and then cleared, then seqpacket_allow will not be cleared appropriately (existing apps I know about don't usually do this but it's legal and there's no way to be sure no one relies on this).
To fix: - initialize seqpacket_allow after allocation - set it unconditionally in set_features
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43873
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e1fdcbdde3b7663e5d8faeb2245b9b151417d22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3062cb100787a9ddf45de30004b962035cd497fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30bd4593669443ac58515e23557dc8cef70d8582
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea558f10fb05a6503c6e655a1b7d81fdf8e5924c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eab96e8716cbfc2834b54f71cc9501ad4eec963b
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