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Incomplete Cleanup Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-4255570
  • published 27 Nov 2021
  • disclosed 25 Nov 2021
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Introduced: 25 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-4002 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-459 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools-libs-devel to version 0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:1988.

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 memory leak flaw in the Linux kernel's hugetlbfs memory usage was found in the way the user maps some regions of memory twice using shmget() which are aligned to PUD alignment with the fault of some of the memory pages. A local user could use this flaw to get unauthorized access to some data.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

5.1 medium
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SUSE

5.1 medium