Use After Free Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8


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-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-8165779
  • published8 Oct 2024
  • disclosed20 Jun 2024

Introduced: 20 Jun 2024

CVE-2022-48771  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-debug-devel to version 0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:1988.

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.

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

drm/vmwgfx: Fix stale file descriptors on failed usercopy

A failing usercopy of the fence_rep object will lead to a stale entry in the file descriptor table as put_unused_fd() won't release it. This enables userland to refer to a dangling 'file' object through that still valid file descriptor, leading to all kinds of use-after-free exploitation scenarios.

Fix this by deferring the call to fd_install() until after the usercopy has succeeded.

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