Memory Leak Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.95.1.el8_6
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-6413905
- published 7 Mar 2024
- disclosed 7 Oct 2022
Introduced: 7 Oct 2022
CVE-2023-0597 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-372.95.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:1188.
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 flaw possibility of memory leak in the Linux kernel cpu_entry_area mapping of X86 CPU data to memory was found in the way user can guess location of exception stack(s) or other important data. A local user could use this flaw to get access to some important data with expected location in memory.