Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting kernel-rt-debug-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.1.1.rt7.55.el8_3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELRTDEBUGMODULES-3909131
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Nov 2020

Introduced: 3 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-25661  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-rt-debug-modules to version 0:4.18.0-240.1.1.rt7.55.el8_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4686.

NVD Description

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

A Red Hat only CVE-2020-12351 regression issue was found in the way the Linux kernel's Bluetooth implementation handled L2CAP packets with A2MP CID. This flaw allows a remote attacker in an adjacent range to crash the system, causing a denial of service or potentially executing arbitrary code on the system by sending a specially crafted L2CAP packet. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

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