Buffer Overflow Affecting kernel-tools package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-7600916
- published 5 Aug 2024
- disclosed 29 Jul 2024
Introduced: 29 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-42068 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-tools.
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:
bpf: Take return from set_memory_ro() into account with bpf_prog_lock_ro()
set_memory_ro() can fail, leaving memory unprotected.
Check its return and take it into account as an error.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42068
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05412471beba313ecded95aa17b25fe84bb2551a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d2cc63eca0c993c99d18893214abf8f85d566d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a359696856ca9409fb97655c5a8ef0f549cb6e03
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3540e5a7054d6daaf9a1415a48aacb092112a89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4f602e3ff749ba770bf8ff10196e18358de6720
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd411af8178edc6b7bf260f8fa4fba1bedd0a6d
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