Use After Free Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.72.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.61% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDOC-5216180
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed15 May 2018

Introduced: 15 May 2018

CVE-2018-20976  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-doc to version 0:3.10.0-514.72.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:0178.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in fs/xfs/xfs_super.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18. A use after free exists, related to xfs_fs_fill_super failure.