Use After Free Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELHEADERS-6544294
  • published4 Apr 2024
  • disclosed3 Apr 2024

Introduced: 3 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-26735  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-headers to version 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:4211.

NVD Description

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

ipv6: sr: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref

The pernet operations structure for the subsystem must be registered before registering the generic netlink family.

CVSS Scores

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