Information Exposure Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:4.18.0-305.40.1.el8_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-BPFTOOL-4162470
  • published11 Feb 2022
  • disclosed9 Feb 2022

Introduced: 9 Feb 2022

CVE-2022-0516  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-201  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 bpftool to version 0:4.18.0-305.40.1.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:0777.

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 vulnerability was found in kvm_s390_guest_sida_op in the arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c function in KVM for s390 in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker with a normal user privilege to obtain unauthorized memory write access. This flaw affects Linux kernel versions prior to 5.17-rc4.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1