Information Exposure Affecting kernel-rt-trace package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.rt56.1131.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTTRACE-7977173
  • published14 Sept 2024
  • disclosed30 Jan 2020

Introduced: 30 Jan 2020

CVE-2020-8647  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-rt-trace to version 0:3.10.0-1160.rt56.1131.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4062.

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.

There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through 5.5.2 in the vc_do_resize function in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c.

CVSS Scores

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