Race Condition Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-6473241
- published 20 Mar 2024
- disclosed 23 Nov 2022
Introduced: 23 Nov 2022
CVE-2022-45869 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:1404.
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 race condition in the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash or host OS memory corruption) when nested virtualisation and the TDP MMU are enabled.
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