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Race Condition Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.107.1.el8_6

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-7248527
  • published 12 Jun 2024
  • disclosed 25 Dec 2023
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Introduced: 25 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-51779 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-362 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-debug-devel to version 0:4.18.0-372.107.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:3859.

NVD Description

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

bt_sock_recvmsg in net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c in the Linux kernel through 6.6.8 has a use-after-free because of a bt_sock_ioctl race condition.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

7 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

7 high