Use of Uninitialized Variable Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-7291008
- published 20 Jun 2024
- disclosed 19 Jun 2024
Introduced: 19 Jun 2024
CVE-2021-47579 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:5101.
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.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ovl: fix warning in ovl_create_real()
Syzbot triggered the following warning in ovl_workdir_create() -> ovl_create_real():
if (!err && WARN_ON(!newdentry->d_inode)) {
The reason is that the cgroup2 filesystem returns from mkdir without instantiating the new dentry.
Weird filesystems such as this will be rejected by overlayfs at a later stage during setup, but to prevent such a warning, call ovl_mkdir_real() directly from ovl_workdir_create() and reject this case early.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-47579
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f5573cfe7a7056e80a92c7a037a3e69f3a13d1c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/445d2dc63e5871d218f21b8f62ab29ac72f2e6b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6859985a2fbda5d1586bf44538853e1be69e85f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2ccdd4e4efab06178608a34d7bfb20a54104c02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9f300a92297be8250547347fd52216ef0177ae0