Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-3856948
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 19 Mar 2019
Introduced: 19 Mar 2019
CVE-2019-19543 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools-libs-devel to version 0:4.18.0-240.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4431.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs-devel package and not the kernel-tools-libs-devel package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel before 5.1.6, there is a use-after-free in serial_ir_init_module() in drivers/media/rc/serial_ir.c.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0005/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19543
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.6
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=56cd26b618855c9af48c8301aa6754ced8dd0beb
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4431
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
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