Arbitrary Code Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package kernel-tools (opens in a new tab)
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Start learning- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELTOOLS-1922317
- published16 Nov 2021
- disclosed15 Nov 2021
Introduced: 15 Nov 2021
CVE-2021-0157 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:7.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools package and not the kernel-tools package as distributed by RHEL.
Insufficient control flow management in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.