Use After Free Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-1062.26.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-4970029
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 4 Jul 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-1062.26.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:2522.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-bootwrapper package and not the kernel-bootwrapper package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.