Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference Affecting kernel-zfcpdump-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELZFCPDUMPDEVEL-6238226
  • published8 Feb 2024
  • disclosed14 Jan 2022

Introduced: 14 Jan 2022

CVE-2022-23222  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-763  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-zfcpdump-devel to version 0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0724.

NVD Description

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

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.14 allows local users to gain privileges because of the availability of pointer arithmetic via certain *_OR_NULL pointer types.

CVSS Scores

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