Information Exposure Affecting perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PERF-5851889
- published 5 Mar 2022
- disclosed 6 May 2021
Introduced: 6 May 2021
CVE-2022-0850 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 perf 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 perf package and not the perf package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
A vulnerability was found in linux kernel, where an information leak occurs via ext4_extent_header to userspace.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0850
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2060606
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ce3aba43599f0b50adbebff133df8d08a3d5fffe
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=78e9ad0e6952a3ca16e8234724b2fa92d041b9b8
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