Use After Free Affecting kernel-debug-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDEBUGMODULES-4081498
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Mar 2021

Introduced: 22 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-33034  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-debug-modules to version 0:4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:2570.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel before 5.12.4, net/bluetooth/hci_event.c has a use-after-free when destroying an hci_chan, aka CID-5c4c8c954409. This leads to writing an arbitrary value.

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