Sensitive Information Uncleared Before Release Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-147.0.2.el8_1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-3645855
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Nov 2019

Introduced: 12 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-11135  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-226  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-385  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-203  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-147.0.2.el8_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:3832.

NVD Description

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

TSX Asynchronous Abort condition on some CPUs utilizing speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access.

References

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