Use After Free Affecting kernel-rt-trace package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTTRACE-6300554
  • published28 Feb 2024
  • disclosed26 Feb 2024

Introduced: 26 Feb 2024

CVE-2019-25162  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-rt-trace.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-trace package and not the kernel-rt-trace 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:

i2c: Fix a potential use after free

Free the adap structure only after we are done using it. This patch just moves the put_device() down a bit to avoid the use after free.

[wsa: added comment to the code, added Fixes tag]

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