<p>Upgrade <code>RHEL:8</code> <code>kernel-tools</code> to version 0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>RHSA-2024:0724</code>.</p>

Buffer Overflow Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6

Threat Intelligence

0.09% (38^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-6234460
published 8 Feb 2024
disclosed 31 May 2022

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Introduced: 31 May 2022

CVE-2022-2078 Open this link in a new tab CWE-120 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0724.

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 vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function .This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via nft_set_desc_concat_parse() , causing a denial of service and possibly to run code.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Local
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

Low
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

None
Integrity (I)

None
Availability (A)

High