CVE-2024-27052 Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDEVEL-6779988
  • published2 May 2024
  • disclosed1 May 2024

Introduced: 1 May 2024

CVE-2024-27052  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-devel to version 0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:3618.

NVD Description

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

wifi: rtl8xxxu: add cancel_work_sync() for c2hcmd_work

The workqueue might still be running, when the driver is stopped. To avoid a use-after-free, call cancel_work_sync() in rtl8xxxu_stop().

CVSS Scores

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