Information Exposure Affecting kernel-rt-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELRTMODULES-5851671
  • published5 Mar 2022
  • disclosed6 May 2021

Introduced: 6 May 2021

CVE-2022-0850  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-rt-modules to version 0:4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:1975.

NVD Description

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

A vulnerability was found in linux kernel, where an information leak occurs via ext4_extent_header to userspace.

CVSS Scores

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