Improper Input Validation Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.111.1.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-7440730
  • published 11 Jul 2024
  • disclosed 21 May 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-372.111.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:4447.

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:

net/sched: act_skbmod: Skip non-Ethernet packets

Currently tcf_skbmod_act() assumes that packets use Ethernet as their L2 protocol, which is not always the case. As an example, for CAN devices:

$ ip link add dev vcan0 type vcan
$ ip link set up vcan0
$ tc qdisc add dev vcan0 root handle 1: htb
$ tc filter add dev vcan0 parent 1: protocol ip prio 10 \
    matchall action skbmod swap mac

Doing the above silently corrupts all the packets. Do not perform skbmod actions for non-Ethernet packets.

CVSS Scores

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Red Hat

4.2 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low