Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-348.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-4149795
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 29 Mar 2021
Introduced: 29 Mar 2021
CVE-2021-31916 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-348.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:4356.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools package and not the kernel-tools package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory write flaw was found in list_devices in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in the Multi-device driver module in the Linux kernel before 5.12. A bound check failure allows an attacker with special user (CAP_SYS_ADMIN) privilege to gain access to out-of-bounds memory leading to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-31916
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1946965
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4edbe1d7bcffcd6269f3b5eb63f710393ff2ec7a
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q1/268
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00019.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4356