Information Exposure Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-305.120.1.el8_4
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EPSS
0.08% (36th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-6217245
- published 31 Jan 2024
- disclosed 8 Aug 2023
Introduced: 8 Aug 2023
CVE-2022-40982 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-305.120.1.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0562.
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.
Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution in certain vector execution units for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40982
- http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00828.html
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-435.html
- https://access.redhat.com/solutions/7027704
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2023-007/
- https://downfall.page
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00026.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HKKYIK2EASDNUV4I7EFJKNBVO3KCKGRR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HKREYYTWUY7ZDNIB2N6H5BUJ3LE5VZPE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OL7WI2TJCWSZIQP2RIOLWHOKLM25M44J/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T7WO5JM74YJSYAE5RBV4DC6A4YLEKWLF/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230811-0001/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5474
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5475
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-435.html
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