Memory Leak Affecting kernel-core package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELCORE-7596869
  • published5 Aug 2024
  • disclosed29 Jul 2024

Introduced: 29 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-41076  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-core to version 0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:7000.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-core package and not the kernel-core 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:

NFSv4: Fix memory leak in nfs4_set_security_label

We leak nfs_fattr and nfs4_label every time we set a security xattr.

CVSS Scores

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