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Improper Locking Affecting perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.15.1.el8_3

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PERF-1465266
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 4 Dec 2020
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Introduced: 4 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-29661 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-667 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 perf to version 0:4.18.0-240.15.1.el8_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:0558.

NVD Description

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

A locking issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13. drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c allows a use-after-free attack against TIOCSPGRP, aka CID-54ffccbf053b.

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CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

7.8 high
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SUSE

7.4 high