Use After Free Affecting kernel-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-305.40.1.el8_4
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELMODULES-4158896
- published 28 Jan 2022
- disclosed 27 Jan 2022
Introduced: 27 Jan 2022
CVE-2022-22942 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-modules to version 0:4.18.0-305.40.1.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:0777.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules package and not the kernel-modules package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes on the system through a dangling 'file' pointer.
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