Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Affecting kernel-tools-libs package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.100.1.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-6650243
  • published 18 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 8 Mar 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools-libs to version 0:4.18.0-372.100.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:1877.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs package and not the kernel-tools-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Some AMD CPUs may transiently execute beyond unconditional direct branches, which may potentially result in data leakage.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

4.7 medium
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SUSE

4.7 medium