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Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-193.56.1.el8_2

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-3903256
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 4 May 2020
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Introduced: 4 May 2020

CVE-2020-12114 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-400 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools-libs-devel to version 0:4.18.0-193.56.1.el8_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:2185.

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.

A pivot_root race condition in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel 4.4.x before 4.4.221, 4.9.x before 4.9.221, 4.14.x before 4.14.178, 4.19.x before 4.19.119, and 5.x before 5.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by corrupting a mountpoint reference counter.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

4.4 medium
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SUSE

4.7 medium