Use After Free Affecting kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-193.13.2.rt13.65.el8_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELRTDEBUGMODULESEXTRA-3769970
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed6 Nov 2019

Introduced: 6 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-19807  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-193.13.2.rt13.65.el8_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:3016.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel before 5.3.11, sound/core/timer.c has a use-after-free caused by erroneous code refactoring, aka CID-e7af6307a8a5. This is related to snd_timer_open and snd_timer_close_locked. The timeri variable was originally intended to be for a newly created timer instance, but was used for a different purpose after refactoring.

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