Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-6215169
- published 31 Jan 2024
- disclosed 17 Jan 2023
Introduced: 17 Jan 2023
CVE-2023-2162 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0575.
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.
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in iscsi_sw_tcp_session_create in drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c in SCSI sub-component in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw an attacker could leak kernel internal information.
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