Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference Affecting perf package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PERF-5670067
  • published7 Jun 2023
  • disclosed17 Apr 2023

Introduced: 17 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-31082  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-763  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 perf.

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.

An issue was discovered in drivers/tty/n_gsm.c in the Linux kernel 6.2. There is a sleeping function called from an invalid context in gsmld_write, which will block the kernel. Note: This has been disputed by 3rd parties as not a valid vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1