Resource Leak Affecting kernel-rt-modules-extra package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELRTMODULESEXTRA-6979496
  • published22 May 2024
  • disclosed21 May 2024

Introduced: 21 May 2024

CVE-2021-47398  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-402  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-rt-modules-extra.

NVD Description

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

RDMA/hfi1: Fix kernel pointer leak

Pointers should be printed with %p or %px rather than cast to 'unsigned long long' and printed with %llx. Change %llx to %p to print the secured pointer.

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