Race Condition Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-6235785
- published 8 Feb 2024
- disclosed 9 May 2022
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.
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TeleTYpe subsystem. The issue occurs in how a user triggers a race condition using ioctls TIOCSPTLCK and TIOCGPTPEER and TIOCSTI and TCXONC with leakage of memory in the flush_to_ldisc function. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or read unauthorized random data from memory.