Use After Free Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-305.65.1.el8_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-4191940
  • published10 Aug 2022
  • disclosed9 Aug 2022

Introduced: 9 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-2588  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-305.65.1.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:6983.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-extra package and not the kernel-modules-extra package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was discovered that the cls_route filter implementation in the Linux kernel would not remove an old filter from the hashtable before freeing it if its handle had the value 0.

CVSS Scores

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