Incomplete Internal State Distinction Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-7595885
  • published 5 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 30 Jul 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:7000.

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.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: qedf: Make qedf_execute_tmf() non-preemptible

Stop calling smp_processor_id() from preemptible code in qedf_execute_tmf90. This results in BUG_ON() when running an RT kernel.

[ 659.343280] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: sg_reset/3646 [ 659.343282] caller is qedf_execute_tmf+0x8b/0x360 [qedf]

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

5.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

5.5 medium