Use After Free Affecting kernel-debug-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDEBUGMODULES-6822142
  • published9 May 2024
  • disclosed3 May 2024

Introduced: 3 May 2024

CVE-2022-48695  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-debug-modules to version 0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:2951.

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, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: mpt3sas: Fix use-after-free warning

Fix the following use-after-free warning which is observed during controller reset:

refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 23 PID: 5399 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0xa6/0xf0

CVSS Scores

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