Improper Input Validation Affecting perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PERF-9909579
  • published30 Apr 2025
  • disclosed26 Feb 2025

Introduced: 26 Feb 2025

CVE-2022-49673  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 perf to version 0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:7683.

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:

dm raid: fix KASAN warning in raid5_add_disks

There's a KASAN warning in raid5_add_disk when running the LVM testsuite. The warning happens in the test lvconvert-raid-reshape-linear_to_raid6-single-type.sh. We fix the warning by verifying that rdev->saved_raid_disk is within limits.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1