<p>Upgrade <code>RHEL:8</code> <code>kernel-tools</code> to version 0:4.18.0-372.107.1.el8_6 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>RHSA-2024:3859</code>.</p>

Race Condition Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.107.1.el8_6

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0.06% (28^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-7249182
published 12 Jun 2024
disclosed 25 Dec 2023

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Introduced: 25 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-51779 Open this link in a new tab CWE-362 Open this link in a new tab CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-372.107.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:3859.

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.

bt_sock_recvmsg in net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c in the Linux kernel through 6.6.8 has a use-after-free because of a bt_sock_ioctl race condition.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Local
Attack Complexity (AC)

High
Privileges Required (PR)

Low
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

High
Integrity (I)

High
Availability (A)

High

Race Condition Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.107.1.el8_6

Severity

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating