Use After Free Affecting kernel-rt-core package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.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 IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELRTCORE-7149123
  • published28 May 2024
  • disclosed21 May 2024

Introduced: 21 May 2024

CVE-2021-47311  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-rt-core to version 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:4352.

NVD Description

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

net: qcom/emac: fix UAF in emac_remove

adpt is netdev private data and it cannot be used after free_netdev() call. Using adpt after free_netdev() can cause UAF bug. Fix it by moving free_netdev() at the end of the function.

CVSS Scores

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