Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints Affecting kernel-rt-debug-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELRTDEBUGDEVEL-5557570
  • published1 Sept 2022
  • disclosed30 Aug 2022

Introduced: 30 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-2663  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-923  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-rt-debug-devel to version 0:4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:2736.

NVD Description

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

An issue was found in the Linux kernel in nf_conntrack_irc where the message handling can be confused and incorrectly matches the message. A firewall may be able to be bypassed when users are using unencrypted IRC with nf_conntrack_irc configured.

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