Use After Free Affecting kernel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNEL-6335868
  • published29 Feb 2024
  • disclosed27 Feb 2024

Introduced: 27 Feb 2024

CVE-2021-46963  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: qla2xxx: Fix crash in qla2xxx_mqueuecommand()

RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_free+0xfa/0x1b0
Call Trace:
   qla2xxx_mqueuecommand+0x2b5/0x2c0 [qla2xxx]
   scsi_queue_rq+0x5e2/0xa40
   __blk_mq_try_issue_directly+0x128/0x1d0
   blk_mq_request_issue_directly+0x4e/0xb0

Fix incorrect call to free srb in qla2xxx_mqueuecommand(), as srb is now allocated by upper layers. This fixes smatch warning of srb unintended free.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1