Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-477.55.1.el8_8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-6750468
- published 1 May 2024
- disclosed 3 Nov 2022
Introduced: 3 Nov 2022
CVE-2022-42895 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-477.55.1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:2621.
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.
There is an infoleak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c's l2cap_parse_conf_req function which can be used to leak kernel pointers remotely. We recommend upgrading past commit https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b1a2cd50c0357f243b7435a732b4e62ba3157a2e https://www.google.com/url