Improper Handling of Values Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.123.1.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-8059984
  • published19 Sept 2024
  • disclosed3 Apr 2024

Introduced: 3 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-26772  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-229  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-372.123.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:6753.

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:

ext4: avoid allocating blocks from corrupted group in ext4_mb_find_by_goal()

Places the logic for checking if the group's block bitmap is corrupt under the protection of the group lock to avoid allocating blocks from the group with a corrupted block bitmap.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1