Improper Initialization Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-BPFTOOL-3364874
  • published20 Mar 2023
  • disclosed14 Feb 2023

Introduced: 14 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-1513  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-665  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 bpftool to version 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:3138.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool package and not the bpftool package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in KVM. When calling the KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS ioctl, on 32-bit systems, there might be some uninitialized portions of the kvm_debugregs structure that could be copied to userspace, causing an information leak.

CVSS Scores

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