Resource Injection Affecting perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-305.139.1.el8_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PERF-7884711
  • published 3 Sep 2024
  • disclosed 16 Jul 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 perf to version 0:4.18.0-305.139.1.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:6156.

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.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

perf: Fix list corruption in perf_cgroup_switch()

There's list corruption on cgrp_cpuctx_list. This happens on the following path:

perf_cgroup_switch: list_for_each_entry(cgrp_cpuctx_list) cpu_ctx_sched_in ctx_sched_in ctx_pinned_sched_in merge_sched_in perf_cgroup_event_disable: remove the event from the list

Use list_for_each_entry_safe() to allow removing an entry during iteration.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

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

4.4 medium